Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Papers
(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Physician factors associated with medical errors in Norwegian primary care emergency services24
Cognitive and emotional reactions to pictorial-based risk communication on subclinical atherosclerosis: a qualitative study within the VIPVIZA trial18
The untapped potential for healthcare to support recovery for patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder – creating an experience of generalised safety17
Awareness of parental illness: a grounded theory of upholding family equilibrium in parents on long-term sick-leave in primary health care17
How to support researchers in the primary care setting?16
Using online health information for unknown symptoms common among young adults: a qualitative analysis of health-related web pages illustrating the need for numeracy skills, the ability to deal with u16
General practitioners’ clinical decision-making in patients that could have cancer: a vignette study comparing the Baltic states with four Nordic countries12
Differences in use of telemedicine integrated into traditional primary health care – a comparative observational study12
Incidence of short-term community hospital stays and clinical profiles of patients: the Finnish Community Hospital Cohort Study12
Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections: a feasibility study11
Promoting health literacy and sense of coherence in primary care patients with long-term impaired work ability—a pilot study10
Changes in analgesic prescriptions in Dutch general practice10
Multimorbidity and health related quality of life in midlife – a longitudinal study from Northern Finland Birth Cohort 196610
Suitability of issuing sickness certifications in remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed method study of GPs’ experiences9
Construction and validation of a morbidity index based on the International Classification of Primary Care9
Impediments to and impact of checklists on performance of emergency interventions in primary care: an in situ simulation-based randomized controlled trial9
Who should talk with patients about their end-of-life care wishes? A nationwide survey of the Hungarian population8
Observational study of diagnosis and management in adult primary hypothyroidism in southwest of Sweden8
The transition of general practice into an academic discipline: tracing the origins through the first four professors in general practice/family medicine8
The burden of persistent symptom diagnoses in primary care patients: a cross-sectional study8
Patient experiences with depression care in general practice: a qualitative questionnaire study8
Antibiotic prescribing in Danish general practice in the elderly population from 2010 to 20178
Does the use of surgical face masks reduce postoperative infections in traumatic wounds sutured outside hospital? A randomized study at a Norwegian casualty center7
Core values of primary health care help in rethinking the health services7
Three ways of organising general practitioner’s medical services in sheltered housing. A qualitative study7
Increased demand of urine cultures from Danish general practice: a five-year register-based study7
Use and quality of point-of-care microscopy, urine culture and susceptibility testing for urinalysis in general practice7
Associations between education level, blood-lipid measurements and statin treatment in a Danish primary health care population from 2000 to 20187
The durability of previous examinations for cancer: Danish nationwide cohort study7
Primary health care in Ukraine is a cornerstone in both health reform and response to the full-scale invasion7
Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study6
Thanks for hearing me: key elements of primary care according to older patients6
Scientific papers and artificial intelligence. Brave new world?6
Exploring the feasibility of an artificial intelligence based clinical decision support system for cutaneous melanoma detection in primary care – a mixed method study6
Medicine as a moral activity6
Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark6
Mental stress due to poor organizational climate and high work commitment as predictor of 10-year registered sickness absence: a cohort study based on The Population Study of Women in Gothenburg6
Outcomes of antibiotic treatment for respiratory infections in children an observational study in primary care5
Minimizing unnecessary proBNP blood tests: an evaluation of a pop-up form implementation in general practice5
Hypertension treatment in the oldest-old: focus group interviews with Swedish general practitioners5
Exploring participants’ characteristics and self-assessed readiness to conduct clinical trials in general practice – baseline analysis of the RaPHaeL practice-based research network5
Blood tests – too much of a good thing5
To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question5
The 40 th Anniversary of the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care5
Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers5
The impact of lifestyle counselling on weight management and quality of life among working-age females5
Diagnostic methods and written advice for acute otitis media in primary health care5
Patients with fibromyalgia in Finnish healthcare center – one-year follow up5
Are doctors using more preventive medication for cardiovascular disease? A Swedish cross-sectional study5
Gatekeeping and referral of patients holding private health insurance: a survey among general practitioners in Norway5
Weak association between socioeconomic Care Need Index and primary care visits per registered patient in three Swedish regions5
“Returning to the core tasks”: a qualitative interview study about how general practitioners in home health care solved problems during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Psychiatric disorders and the cancer diagnostic process in general practice: a combined questionnaire and register study exploring the patients’ experiences in Denmark4
Primary care patients with mild or stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease need more support in disease management: a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial4
Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey4
Antibiotic treatment recommendations for acute respiratory tract infections in Scandinavian general practices—time for harmonization?4
Is general practitioner involvement in the initiation of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain associated with opioid dose and concurrent drug use?4
Experiences with a structured conversation tool: a qualitative study on feasibility in general practice in Norway4
A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study4
‘Do you have a future when you are 93?’ Frail older person’s perceptions about the future and end of life – a qualitative interview study in primary care4
Management of child maltreatment suspicions in general practice: a mixed methods study4
Extended prenatal and postnatal home visits in a vulnerable area in Sweden—a pilot study3
General practice variation in peptic ulcer prophylaxis: a nationwide register-based study3
Interpersonal contact and altered sensory conditions in video consultation – a qualitative interview study in Danish general practice3
Factors associated with development of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at onset and within three years after diagnosis3
Trends in haemoglobin levels from 1968 to 2017 and association with hormonal contraceptives: observations from the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden3
Identifying performance indicators to measure overall performance of telephone triage – a scoping review3
Care in the era of digital health: experiences from Norwegian general practitioners3
A machine learning tool for identifying metastatic colorectal cancer in primary care3
Use of point-of-care tests in pharyngotonsillitis – a registry-based study in primary health care3
Letter to the editor3
Does point-of-care ultrasound examination by the general practitioner lead to inappropriate care? A follow-up study3
Learning strategies of general practitioners striving to achieve point-of-care ultrasound competence: a qualitative study3
Differences in the referral process from general practice to resident specialists in gynaecology depending on density of specialists and patients’ socioeconomic status3
Socioeconomic status affects achievement of blood pressure target in hypertension: contemporary results from the Swedish primary care cardiovascular database3
Heart failure patients without echocardiography are more commonly diagnosed in hospital care and are associated with higher mortality compared to primary care3
Ethical challenges causing moral distress: nursing home staff’s experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study3
Follow-up and screening for type-2 diabetes mellitus in women with previous gestational diabetes in primary care3
Dealing with fibromyalgia in the family context: a qualitative description study3
Forty-four-year longitudinal study of stroke incidence and risk factors – the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg3
To be or not to be supervisors for medical students in general practice clinical placements: a questionnaire study from Norway2
Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care – a comparison of physicians with different antibiotic prescribing rates2
Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden2
Photo-supported conversations about well-being (BeWell TM ) for patients with exhaustion disorders – a controlled clinical intervention study2
Do they cope or mope? A survey of GPs’ experiences with the changes in the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme2
Treatment of nicotine dependence needs be strengthened in primary health care2
Managing mental health in chronic care in general practice: a feasibility study of the Healthy Mind intervention2
How do patients experience and use home blood pressure monitoring? A qualitative analysis with UTAUT 22
Quality improvement work in general practice; a Norwegian focus group study2
Preventive effect of methenamine in women with recurrent urinary tract infections – a case–control study2
B-phosphatidylethanol testing to identify hazardous alcohol use in primary health care—a game changer and a challenge for general practitioners: a qualitative study2
Effects of adding early cooperation and a work-place dialogue meeting to primary care management for sick-listed patients with stress-related disorders: CO-WORK-CARE-Stress – a pragmatic cluster rando2
Physical activity on prescription in Swedish primary care: a survey on use, views, and implementation determinants amongst general practitioners2
Improving cardiovascular control in a hypertensive population in primary care. Results from a staff training intervention2
Patient experiences and clinical outcomes of admissions to municipal acute wards versus a hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Norway2
Contacts to general practice in the 12 months preceding a diagnosis of an abdominal cancer: a national register-based cohort study2
Confidentiality matters! Adolescent males’ views of primary care in relation to psychosocial health: a structural equation modelling approach2
Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 (SCORE2), arterial stiffness, and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in a population-based study2
‘But there are so many referrals which are totally … only generating work and irritation’: a qualitative study of physicians’ and nurses’ experiences of work tasks in primary care in Sweden2
Healthcare seeking – who, when and why?2
Primary care physicians’ experiences of video and online chat consultations: a qualitative descriptive study2
Quality in general practice – state of affairs or dynamic process?2
Use of primary health care services and mortality in older patients with type 2 diabetes with or without comorbidities2
Home care service employees’ contribution to patient safety in clients with dementia who use dietary supplements: a Norwegian survey2
‘Illuminating determinants of implementation of non-dispensing pharmacist services in home care: a qualitative interview study’2
Discovering strengths in patients with medically unexplained symptoms – a focus group study with general practitioners2
The voice of the self: a typology of general practitioners’ emotional responses to situational and contextual stressors2
Exploration of the feasibility to combine patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure in self-management groups with focus on exercise self-efficacy2
New reimbursement model in Icelandic primary care in 2017: first-year comparison of public and private primary care2
General practitioners’ willingness to participate in research networks in Germany2
Conceptualising migraine attacks from a biopsychosocial model using qualitative and functional behavioural analysis1
Antibiotic use in Australian and Swedish primary care: a cross-country comparison1
Clinical practice enhanced by interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives1
General practitioners’ attitudes and motivation to supervise medical students in clinical placements: a questionnaire study from Norway1
Primary healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward patients with current or previous drug use1
Exercise capacity after long-term physical activity on prescription provided by physiotherapists1
Interrater and intrarater agreement on heart murmurs1
General practitioners’ role in safeguarding patients with dementia in their use of dietary supplements. A qualitative study1
General practitioners’ knowledge and practice in consultations with (potential) torture victims: a qualitative pilot study from Norway1
General practice – a fertile lagoon in the ocean of medical knowledge1
Musculoskeletal disorders in Norway: trends in health care utilization and patient pathways: a nationwide register study1
Testing for coeliac disease rarely leads to a diagnosis: a population-based study1
Norwegian general practitioners’ and radiologists’ perspectives on the referral, justification, and unnecessary imaging—a survey1
Respiratory tract infections in Norwegian primary care 2006–2015: a registry-based study1
Observational study of selective screening for prediabetes and diabetes in a real-world setting: an interprofessional collaboration method between public dental services and primary health care in Swe1
The use of BCAP in Finland: toward correct classification rate1
Health-related quality of life, lifestyle habits and chronic pain in individuals with knee pain – a 2-year follow-up study1
Effects on HbA1c of referral of type 2 diabetes patients to secondary care1
Correction1
Changes in location and number of nurse consultations as the supply of general practitioners decreases in primary health care: six-year register-based follow-up cohort study in the city of Vantaa, Fin1
‘Why do GPs want to come here?’: residents’ intentions to register with new-coming GPs in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Copenhagen with a GP shortage: a qualitative study1
Prescription of potentially addictive medications after a multilevel community intervention in general practice1
Intervention description of pharmacist-facilitated medication reviews in Nordic primary care settings: a scoping review1
Development over time in point-of-care test use in Danish daytime and out-of-hours general practice: a register-based study1
General practitioners’ stay-at-work practices in patients with musculoskeletal disorders: using Intervention Mapping to develop a training program1
Exploring colorectal cancer patients’ diagnostic pathways and general practitioners’ assessment of the diagnostic processes: a Danish survey study1
Experiences of hospital rotation from family medicine residents’ points of view an empirical holistic study1
Agenda navigation in consultations covering multiple topics. A qualitative case study from general practice1
Diagnostic accuracy of signs and symptoms in acute coronary syndrome and acute myocardial infarction1
Providing information at the initial consultation to patients with low back pain across general practice, chiropractic and physiotherapy – a cross-sectorial study of Danish primary care1
To neutrally offer or strongly recommend? General practitioners’ perspectives on screening for gestational diabetes according to the national guideline in Norway1
‘In the end, I’m the one who has to do the job’: Participant experience of a lifestyle intervention for patients with hypertension1
Importance of continuity of care from a patient perspective – a cross-sectional study in Swedish health care1
Struggling in no-man’s land between childhood and adulthood – a phenomenological-hermeneutical video-observation study exploring adolescent males’ encounters with general practitioners1
Daytime contacts and general practitioner consultations, and pain as a reason for encounter in children with cerebral palsy; a Norwegian national registry linkage study1
Physicians’ intentions to use digital tools – a comparative survey, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, in Southern Sweden1
Health care professionals’ experiences of supporting persons with metabolic risk factors to increase their physical activity level – a qualitative study in primary care1
Agreement between rapid antigen detection test and culture for group A streptococcus in patients recently treated for pharyngotonsillitis - a prospective observational study in primary care1
Cancer patients have a reduced likelihood of dying in hospital with advance care planning in primary health care and a summarizing palliative plan: a prospective controlled non-randomized intervention1
On sustainability and low value care1
Roles and responsibilities in substance use prevention in the school setting: views among Finnish school personnel representatives1
Implementation of remote units in two large out-of-hours emergency primary care districts in Norway1
‘Never change a winning team’: GPs’ perspectives on discontinuation of long-term antidepressants1
Attitudes of primary healthcare chief physicians towards research in Finland – a national study1
The effect of educational intervention on use of psychotropics in defined daily doses and related costs – a randomized controlled trial1
Experiences of rehabilitation coordination among people on sick leave with mental health problems1
Rapid implementation of remote digital primary care in Stockholm and implications for further system-wide implementation: practitioner’s and manager’s experience of the Always Open mobile application1
Insufficient classification of anaemia in general practice: a Danish register-based observational study1
Exploring general practice staff perspectives on a teaching concept based on instruction videos for diabetic retinopathy screening – an interview study1
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