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How the probability of presentation to a primary care clinician correlates with cancer survival rates : a European survey using vignettes.
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- Harris, Michael (författare)
- University of Bath, UK
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- Frey, Peter (författare)
- Universität Bern, Switzerland,University of Bern
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- Esteva, Magdalena (författare)
- Majorca Primary Health Care Department, Spain;Instituto de Investigación sanitaria Illes Balears (idISBA), Spain
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- Gašparović Babić, Svjetlana (författare)
- University of Rijeka, Croatia
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- Marzo-Castillejo, Mercè (författare)
- Institut Català de la Salut, Spain,Catalan Institute Of Health
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- Petek, Davorina (författare)
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Petek Ster, Marija (författare)
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Thulesius, Hans (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Family Medicine and Community Medicine,Lund University Research Groups,Lund University, Sweden
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- 2017-03-06
- 2017
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0281-3432 .- 1502-7724. ; 35:1, s. 27-34
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Abstract
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- OBJECTIVE: European cancer survival rates vary widely. System factors, including whether or not primary care physicians (PCPs) are gatekeepers, may account for some of these differences. This study explores where patients who may have cancer are likely to present for medical care in different European countries, and how probability of presentation to a primary care clinician correlates with cancer survival rates.DESIGN: Seventy-eight PCPs in a range of European countries assessed four vignettes representing patients who might have cancer, and consensus groups agreed how likely those patients were to present to different clinicians in their own countries. These data were compared with national cancer survival rates.SETTING: A total of 14 countries.SUBJECTS: Consensus groups of PCPs.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Probability of initial presentation to a PCP for four clinical vignettes.RESULTS: There was no significant correlation between overall national 1-year relative cancer survival rates and the probability of initial presentation to a PCP (r = -0.16, 95% CI -0.39 to 0.08). Within that there was large variation depending on the type of cancer, with a significantly poorer lung cancer survival in countries where patients were more likely to initially consult a PCP (lung r = -0.57, 95% CI -0.83 to -0.12; ovary: r = -0.13, 95% CI -0.57 to 0.38; breast r = 0.14, 95% CI -0.36 to 0.58; bowel: r = 0.20, 95% CI -0.31 to 0.62).CONCLUSIONS: There were wide variations in the degree of gatekeeping between countries, with no simple binary model as to whether or not a country has a "PCP-as-gatekeeper" system. While there was case-by-case variation, there was no overall evidence of a link between a higher probability of initial consultation with a PCP and poorer cancer survival. KEY POINTS European cancer survival rates vary widely, and health system factors may account for some of these differences. The data from 14 European countries show a wide variation in the probability of initial presentation to a PCP. The degree to which PCPs act as gatekeepers varies considerably from country to country. There is no overall evidence of a link between a higher probability of initial presentation to a PCP and poorer cancer survival.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)
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- Europe
- Health care systems
- cancer
- decision making
- diagnosis
- primary health care
- Medicin
- Medicine
- cancer
- decision making
- diagnosis
- Europe
- Health care systems
- primary health care
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