Table a1 Characteristics of the catchment areas: surface, number of municipalities, inhabitants, pharmacies, and clinics involved in the trial for self-sampling distribution and cervical sampling

From: Self-sampling to increase participation in cervical cancer screening: an RCT comparing home mailing, distribution in pharmacies, and recall letter

 

Municipalities in catchment area

Catchment area km 2

Inhabitants

Type of neighbourhood

Number of pharmacies

Number of clinics

Notes

Bologna

1

141

384 202

Urban

3

1

 

Roma G

2

102

17 000

Rural

2

1

The clinic was 30 km from the catchment area

Abruzzo

3

182

51 226

Rural-small cities

6

1

 

Pieve Soligo

12

270

112 109

Rural

2

3

 

Este

15

300

79 959

Rural-small cities

21

4

 

Molise

14

466

80 049

Rural and 1 city

1

1