How health system factors affect primary care practitioners’ decisions to refer patients for further investigation: protocol for a pan-European ecological study

Abstract Background There is wide variation in the overall one-year relative cancer survival rates across Europe, and this is thought to indicate national variations in stage of disease at diagnosis. However, there is little evidence to explain how different national systems influence a primary care...

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Main Authors: Michael Harris, Gordon Taylor, The Örenäs Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3170-2