Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals
Artikkel som omhandler henvisning til spesialisthelsetjeneste i samiskspråklige kommuner og kontrollgruppe. Objectives: the Sami people constitute the indigenous people in northern Norway. The objective of this study was to clarify whether they have a similar supply of somatic specialist health care...
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ftsfomsorgsforsk:oai:omsorgsforskning.brage.unit.no:11250/2444936 2024-03-03T08:43:40+00:00 Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals Norum, Jan Nieder, Carsten 2012 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444936 https://doi.org/10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.17346 eng eng Norum, J. og Nieder, C. (2012) Sami-speaking municipalities and a control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 71. http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444936 https://doi.org/10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.17346 Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no Norum, Jan 71 International Journal of Circumpolar Health sami specialist health care referral ethnic minority samisk spesialisthelsetjeneste henvisning etnisk minoritet Journal article Peer reviewed 2012 ftsfomsorgsforsk https://doi.org/10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.17346 2024-02-02T11:37:30Z Artikkel som omhandler henvisning til spesialisthelsetjeneste i samiskspråklige kommuner og kontrollgruppe. Objectives: the Sami people constitute the indigenous people in northern Norway. The objective of this study was to clarify whether they have a similar supply of somatic specialist health care (SHC) as others. Methods: the referrals from general practitioners (GPs) in the primary health care (PHC) in the administration area of the Sami language law (8 municipalities) were matched with a control group of 11 municipalities. Population data was accessed from Statistics Norway and the time period 2007–2010 was analysed. The main outcome was the number of referrals per 1,000 inhabitants according to age group, gender and place of living. Results: 504,292 referrals in northern Norway were indentified and the Sami and control group constituted 23,093 and 22,541 referrals, respectively. The major findings were a similar referral ratio (RR) (1.14 and 1.17) (p =0.624) and women more commonly referred (female/male ratio 1.45 and 1.41) in both groups. GPs in both groups were loyal to their local hospital trust. Conclusion: inhabitants in Sami-speaking municipalities in northern Norway have a similar supply of SHC services as controls. Inter-municipal variation was significant in both groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Norway sami samisk Senter for omsorgsforskning: Omsorgsbiblioteket Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 71 1 17346 |
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Artikkel som omhandler henvisning til spesialisthelsetjeneste i samiskspråklige kommuner og kontrollgruppe. Objectives: the Sami people constitute the indigenous people in northern Norway. The objective of this study was to clarify whether they have a similar supply of somatic specialist health care (SHC) as others. Methods: the referrals from general practitioners (GPs) in the primary health care (PHC) in the administration area of the Sami language law (8 municipalities) were matched with a control group of 11 municipalities. Population data was accessed from Statistics Norway and the time period 2007–2010 was analysed. The main outcome was the number of referrals per 1,000 inhabitants according to age group, gender and place of living. Results: 504,292 referrals in northern Norway were indentified and the Sami and control group constituted 23,093 and 22,541 referrals, respectively. The major findings were a similar referral ratio (RR) (1.14 and 1.17) (p =0.624) and women more commonly referred (female/male ratio 1.45 and 1.41) in both groups. GPs in both groups were loyal to their local hospital trust. Conclusion: inhabitants in Sami-speaking municipalities in northern Norway have a similar supply of SHC services as controls. Inter-municipal variation was significant in both groups. |
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Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals |
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Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals |
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Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals |
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Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals |
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Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals |
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sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (shc): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals |
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Norum, J. og Nieder, C. (2012) Sami-speaking municipalities and a control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 71. http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444936 https://doi.org/10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.17346 |
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