Table 3 Characteristics of breast cancer screening procedures in the three analyzed sites
Dimensions | Site A | Site B | Site C |
|---|---|---|---|
Economic regions | South | Central | East |
Type of screening program protocols | National-level | National-level | Local-level |
Places to provide screening/diagnostic tests | Â | Â | Â |
 Ultrasound and Mammography | County-level maternal and child health hospital alone | County-level maternal and child health hospital alone | County-level maternal and child health hospital |
 Biopsy | Higher-level hospitals (e.g., municipal/provincial general hospitals) | ||
Service charges | Â | Â | Â |
 Ultrasound and Mammography | Free | Free | Free |
 Biopsy | Self-financed | Self-financed | |
Whether to provide a one-stop screening service | Â | Â | Â |
 Rural | No | No | No |
 Urban | Yes | Yes | |
Follow-up processes | Â | Â | Â |
 Full-time staff responsible for follow-up management | Yes (Screening doctors and follow-up quality control team) | Yes (General examination doctors) | Yes (Screening doctors) |
 Referral mechanism with the superior | Yes | Yes | No |
 Follow-up forms | Send text message; Contact by phone; Create the WeChat groups | Send text message; Contact by phone | Contact by phone |
 Measures for women with overdue follow-up | Door-to-door visitation (Women’s Federation Organizations; village doctors) | Door-to-door visitation (Women’s Federation Organizations; Health and Family Planning Specialist) | Contact by phone |
 Measures to increase the follow-up rate of women with abnormal screening finding | Health education and peer education | Health education and peer education | Health education |
Whether to establish the information system for follow-up | Yes | Yes | Yes |