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ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2021

Pluralistic task shifting for a more timely cancer diagnosis. A grounded theory study from a primary care perspective.

Hans Thulesius, Ulrika Sandén, Davorina Petek, Robert Hoffman, Tuomas Koskela, Bernardino Oliva-Fanlo, Ana Luísa Neves, Senada Hajdarevic, Lars Harrysson, Berit Skjodeborg Toftegaard and 3 more

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Article in Scandinavian journal of primary health care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 10 institutions in 8 countries.

Hans ThulesiusDepartment of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Family Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Ulrika SandénDepartment of Design Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Davorina PetekDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Robert HoffmanDepartments of Family Medicine & Medical Education, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tuomas KoskelaDepartment of General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Bernardino Oliva-FanloDepartment of Primary Health Care, Palma, Spain.
Ana Luísa NevesPatient Safety Translational Research Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Senada HajdarevicDepartment of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Lars HarryssonDepartment of Design Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Berit Skjodeborg ToftegaardDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Horsens Hospital, Horsens, Denmark.
Peter VedstedDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Research Unit for General Practice, The Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Michael HarrisCollege of Medicine & Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Örenäs Research Group
Lund University · SEAarhus University · DKLinnaeus University · SERegional Hospital Horsens · DKTampere University · FITel Aviv University · ILUmeå University · SEUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Exeter · GBUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore how cancer could be diagnosed in a more timely way.

designGrounded theory analysis of primary care physicians' free text survey responses to: 'How do you think the speed of diagnosis of cancer in primary care could be improved?'. Secondary analysis of primary care physician interviews, survey responses, literature.

settingPrimary care in 20 European Örenäs Research Group countries. SUBJECTS: Primary care physicians: 1352 survey respondents (2013-2016), 20 Spanish and 7 Swedish interviewees (2015-2019).

main outcome measuresConceptual explanation of how to improve timeliness of cancer diagnosis.

results

conclusionsWe present

Indexed as

NeoplasmsPhysicians, Primary CareGrounded TheoryHumansOverdiagnosisPrimary Health CareSurveys and QuestionnairesCancer diagnosis; primary care; qualitative data; grounded theory

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PMID34889704
PMCPMC8725826
OpenAlexW4200026412

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