Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice: a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study

Autor: Cecilia Björkelund, Ofeigur Thorgeirsson, Elise Kosunen, Jørund Straand, Torunn Bjerve Eide, Peter Vedsted, Elin Olaug Rosvold
Přispěvatelé: Lääketieteen ja biotieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
diagnosis
0302 clinical medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Practice Patterns
Physicians'
Research Articles
Study quality
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
030503 health policy & services
Health Care Costs
Middle Aged
3. Good health
Medical services
Nordic countries
Equipment and Supplies
General practice
language
Global Positioning System
population characteristics
Female
Family Practice
0305 other medical science
Icelandic
equipment
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
education
Primary care
Norwegian
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
Danish
03 medical and health sciences
Nursing
Journal Article
medicine
Humans
procedures
health services
Aged
Quality of Health Care
business.industry
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Organisation and Administration
lcsh:RA1-1270
language.human_language
Oikeuslääketiede ja muut lääketieteet - Forensic science and other medical sciences
Logistic Models
Family medicine
QUALICOPC
Minor Surgical Procedures
business
Delivery of Health Care
Zdroj: Eide, T B, Straand, J, Björkelund, C, Kosunen, E, Thorgeirsson, O, Vedsted, P & Rosvold, E O 2017, ' Differences in medical services in Nordic general practice : a comparative survey from the QUALICOPC study ', Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 153-161 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2017.1333323
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol 35, Iss 2, Pp 153-161 (2017)
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
ISSN: 1502-7724
0281-3432
DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2017.1333323
Popis: OBJECTIVE: We aim to describe medical services provided by Nordic general practitioners (GPs), and to explore possible differences between the countries.DESIGN AND SETTING: We did a comparative analysis of selected data from the Nordic part of the study Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC).SUBJECTS: A total of 875 Nordic GPs (198 Norwegian, 80 Icelandic, 97 Swedish, 212 Danish and 288 Finnish) answered identical questionnaires regarding their practices.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The GPs indicated which equipment they used in practice, which procedures that were carried out, and to what extent they were involved in treatment/follow-up of a selection of diagnoses.RESULTS: The Danish GPs performed minor surgical procedures significantly less frequent than GPs in all other countries, although they inserted IUDs significantly more often than GPs in Iceland, Sweden and Finland. Finnish GPs performed a majority of the medical procedures more frequently than GPs in the other countries. The GPs in Iceland reported involvement in a more narrow selection of conditions than the GPs in the other countries. The Finnish GPs had more advanced technical equipment than GPs in all other Nordic countries.CONCLUSIONS: GPs in all Nordic countries are well equipped and offer a wide range of medical services, yet with a substantial variation between countries. There was no clear pattern of GPs in one country doing consistently more procedures, having consistently more equipment and treating a larger diversity of medical conditions than GPs in the other countries. However, structural factors seemed to affect the services offered.
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