The pros and cons of cancer care pathways from the health care professionals’ perspective

• The purpose of this paper is to outline pros and cons of cancer care pathway (CCP)components perceived by health care professionals involved in the diagnostic process.The results are based on a comprehensive national survey. The biggest pros follow from the component of care pathway description, which make cancer diagnostics more processoriented and standardised and thereby contribute to more timely, safe and patient-centred for the CCP patients. The component of standardised criteria for referral are associated with most cons. The biggest cons are the perceived “crowding out” effects, which imply impaired access and longer waiting times for non-CCP patients. 

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences (hsv//eng)

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