Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study
Objective: We aim to describe medical services provided by Nordic general practitioners (GPs), and to explore possible differences between the countries. Design and setting: We did a comparative analysis of selected data from the Nordic part of the study Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:560f9a86a6bb451d92a9aa651f8c6484 2023-05-15T16:48:42+02:00 Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study Torunn Bjerve Eide Jørund Straand Cecilia Björkelund Elise Kosunen Ofeigur Thorgeirsson Peter Vedsted Elin Olaug Rosvold 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2017.1333323 https://doaj.org/article/560f9a86a6bb451d92a9aa651f8c6484 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2017.1333323 https://doaj.org/toc/0281-3432 https://doaj.org/toc/1502-7724 0281-3432 1502-7724 doi:10.1080/02813432.2017.1333323 https://doaj.org/article/560f9a86a6bb451d92a9aa651f8c6484 Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol 35, Iss 2, Pp 153-161 (2017) General practice Organisation and Administration health services Nordic countries diagnosis equipment procedures QUALICOPC Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2017.1333323 2022-12-31T15:03:59Z Objective: We aim to describe medical services provided by Nordic general practitioners (GPs), and to explore possible differences between the countries. Design and setting: We did a comparative analysis of selected data from the Nordic part of the study Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC). Subjects: A total of 875 Nordic GPs (198 Norwegian, 80 Icelandic, 97 Swedish, 212 Danish and 288 Finnish) answered identical questionnaires regarding their practices. Main outcome measures: The GPs indicated which equipment they used in practice, which procedures that were carried out, and to what extent they were involved in treatment/follow-up of a selection of diagnoses. Results: The Danish GPs performed minor surgical procedures significantly less frequent than GPs in all other countries, although they inserted IUDs significantly more often than GPs in Iceland, Sweden and Finland. Finnish GPs performed a majority of the medical procedures more frequently than GPs in the other countries. The GPs in Iceland reported involvement in a more narrow selection of conditions than the GPs in the other countries. The Finnish GPs had more advanced technical equipment than GPs in all other Nordic countries. Conclusions: GPs in all Nordic countries are well equipped and offer a wide range of medical services, yet with a substantial variation between countries. There was no clear pattern of GPs in one country doing consistently more procedures, having consistently more equipment and treating a larger diversity of medical conditions than GPs in the other countries. However, structural factors seemed to affect the services offered. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 35 2 153 161 |
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Objective: We aim to describe medical services provided by Nordic general practitioners (GPs), and to explore possible differences between the countries. Design and setting: We did a comparative analysis of selected data from the Nordic part of the study Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC). Subjects: A total of 875 Nordic GPs (198 Norwegian, 80 Icelandic, 97 Swedish, 212 Danish and 288 Finnish) answered identical questionnaires regarding their practices. Main outcome measures: The GPs indicated which equipment they used in practice, which procedures that were carried out, and to what extent they were involved in treatment/follow-up of a selection of diagnoses. Results: The Danish GPs performed minor surgical procedures significantly less frequent than GPs in all other countries, although they inserted IUDs significantly more often than GPs in Iceland, Sweden and Finland. Finnish GPs performed a majority of the medical procedures more frequently than GPs in the other countries. The GPs in Iceland reported involvement in a more narrow selection of conditions than the GPs in the other countries. The Finnish GPs had more advanced technical equipment than GPs in all other Nordic countries. Conclusions: GPs in all Nordic countries are well equipped and offer a wide range of medical services, yet with a substantial variation between countries. There was no clear pattern of GPs in one country doing consistently more procedures, having consistently more equipment and treating a larger diversity of medical conditions than GPs in the other countries. However, structural factors seemed to affect the services offered. |
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Torunn Bjerve Eide Jørund Straand Cecilia Björkelund Elise Kosunen Ofeigur Thorgeirsson Peter Vedsted Elin Olaug Rosvold |
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Torunn Bjerve Eide Jørund Straand Cecilia Björkelund Elise Kosunen Ofeigur Thorgeirsson Peter Vedsted Elin Olaug Rosvold |
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Torunn Bjerve Eide |
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Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study |
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Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study |
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Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study |
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Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study |
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Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study |
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differences in medical services in nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the qualicopc study |
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