dc.contributor.author | Thoresen, Camilla Kjellstadli | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sandvik, Hogne | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hunskaar, Steinar | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-12T13:29:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-12T13:29:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.Published | Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2016, 34(3):232-239 | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 1502-7724 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/15361 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: 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.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | eng |
dc.rights | Attribution CC BY-NC | eng |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | eng |
dc.subject | After hours care | eng |
dc.subject | Cancer | eng |
dc.subject | emergency medicine | eng |
dc.subject | family practice | eng |
dc.subject | General practice | eng |
dc.subject | Norway | eng |
dc.subject | Primary health care | eng |
dc.subject | primary out-of-hours care | eng |
dc.title | Cancer patients’ use of primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study in Norway | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-12-15T09:16:09Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2016 The Author(s) | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2016.1207140 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1379149 | |