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dc.contributor.authorThoresen, Camilla Kjellstadlien_US
dc.contributor.authorSandvik, Hogneen_US
dc.contributor.authorHunskaar, Steinaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-12T13:29:49Z
dc.date.available2017-01-12T13:29:49Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.PublishedScandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2016, 34(3):232-239eng
dc.identifier.issn1502-7724
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/15361
dc.description.abstractObjective: To investigate how cancer patients in Norway use primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services and describe different contact types and procedures. Design: A retrospective cross-sectional registry study using a billing registry data source. Setting: Norwegian primary care OOH services in 2014. Subjects: All patients’ contacts in OOH services in 2014. Cancer patients were identified by ICPC-2 diagnosis. Main outcome measures: Frequency of cancer patients’ contacts with OOH services, contact types, diagnoses, procedures, and socio-demographic characteristics. Results: In total, 5752 cancer patients had 20,220 contacts (1% of all) in OOH services. Half of the contacts were cancer related. Cancer in the digestive (22.9%) and respiratory (18.0%) systems were most frequent; and infection/fever (21.8%) and pain (13.6%) most frequent additional diagnoses. A total of 4170 patients had at least one cancer-related direct contact; of these, 64.5% had only one contact during the year. Cancer patients had more home visits and more physicians’ contact with municipal nursing services than other patients, but fewer consultations (p < 0.001). Patients in the least central municipalities had significantly more contacts than more central municipalities (p < 0.001). Conclusion: There was no indication of overuse of OOH services by cancer patients in Norway, which could indicate good quality of cancer care in general.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Franciseng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BY-NCeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/eng
dc.subjectAfter hours careeng
dc.subjectCancereng
dc.subjectemergency medicineeng
dc.subjectfamily practiceeng
dc.subjectGeneral practiceeng
dc.subjectNorwayeng
dc.subjectPrimary health careeng
dc.subjectprimary out-of-hours careeng
dc.titleCancer patients’ use of primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study in Norwayen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2016-12-15T09:16:09Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2016 The Author(s)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2016.1207140
dc.identifier.cristin1379149


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