Identifying important health system factors that influence primary care practitioners' referrals for cancer suspicion: a European cross-sectional survey.
Michael HarrisPeter VedstedMagdalena EstevaPeter MurchieIsabelle Aubin-AugerJoseph AzuriMette BrekkeKrzysztof BuczkowskiNicola BuonoEmiliana CostiugGeert-Jan DinantGergana ForevaSvjetlana Gašparović BabićRobert HoffmanEva JakobTuomas H KoskelaMercè Marzo-CastillejoAna Luísa NevesDavorina PetekMarija Petek SterJolanta Sawicka-PowierzaAntonius SchneiderEmmanouil SmyrnakisSven StreitHans ThulesiusBirgitta WeltermannGordon TaylorPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Five healthcare system factors influencing PCPs' referral decision-making in 20 European countries were identified. The factors varied considerably between European countries. Knowledge of these factors could assist development of health service policies to produce better cancer outcomes, and inform future research to compare national cancer diagnostic pathways and outcomes.