Cervical cytology reading times: a comparison between ThinPrep Imager and conventional methods.

We aimed to compare the times cytologists spend reviewing cervical cytology slides processed by the ThinPrep Imager (TPI) with times they spend examining conventional cytology (CC) slides. We also aimed to examine the effect of cytologists' experience on reading times. Using a cross-sectional analytical design, we analyzed routine laboratory data, collected retrospectively over 7 months, for 41 cytologists, including paired data for 20 who read both TPI and CC slides.

Accuracy of reading liquid based cytology slides using the ThinPrep Imager compared with conventional cytology: prospective study.

Objective: To compare the accuracy of liquid based cytology using the computerised ThinPrep Imager with that of manually read conventional cytology.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Pathology laboratory in Sydney, Australia.

What drives health-care spending priorities? An international survey of health-care professionals.

The authors set out to compare spending priorities for health care, across a selection of largely middle-income countries, through a survey of current and future decision makers.