OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
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 application	39
B-phosphatidylethanol testing to identify hazardous alcohol use in primary health care—a game changer and a challenge for general practitioners: a qualitative study	24
New reimbursement model in Icelandic primary care in 2017: first-year comparison of public and private primary care	17
Healthcare use in the year preceding a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer: a register-based cohort study in Denmark	17
The effect of educational intervention on use of psychotropics in defined daily doses and related costs – a randomized controlled trial	17
The role of functioning in predicting nursing home placement or death among older home care patients	15
How often do nurses suspect violence and domestic violence in local emergency medical communication centre? A cross-sectional study	15
Strategies for achieving efficiency in the general practitioner’s everyday life	13
Disparities in prevalence of heart failure between the genders in relation to age, multimorbidity and socioeconomic status in southern Sweden: a cross-sectional study	12
Experiences with a structured conversation tool: a qualitative study on feasibility in general practice in Norway	11
Primary care doctors in acute call-outs to severe trauma incidents in Norway – associations with factors related to patients and doctors	11
‘Never change a winning team’: GPs’ perspectives on discontinuation of long-term antidepressants	10
Men’s views on causes and consequences of erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation in a primary care population: a qualitative study	10
Photo-supported conversations about well-being (BeWell ^TM ) for patients with exhaustion disorders – a controlled clinical intervention study	9
Patient perspectives on multidimensional learning and person-centred care: interviews with persons living with type 2 diabetes	9
Task shifting for musculoskeletal disorders in Norwegian primary care: a qualitative interview study of general practitioners and specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapists	9
A shared approach to managing urinary tract infections in nursing homes improved perceived care quality, workload, and collaboration – a qualitative study	9
Worries and information seeking during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study among 1402 expectant Norwegian women active on social media platforms	9
Antibiotic treatment recommendations for acute respiratory tract infections in Scandinavian general practices—time for harmonization?	8
Quality in general practice – state of affairs or dynamic process?	8
Primary care physicians’ experiences of video and online chat consultations: a qualitative descriptive study	8
More women than men achieve PhDs in Swedish family medicine but scientific impact was not gender skewed - a secular trend analysis 1980–2020.	8
A ‘normal’ life: a qualitative study exploring parents’ experiences of everyday life with a child diagnosed with atopic dermatitis and atopic comorbidities	7
Evaluating general practitioners’ focused lung ultrasound competence and findings in patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia in general practice	7
‘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 Sweden	7

Variation of GP antibiotic prescribing tendency for contacts with out-of-hours primary care in Denmark – a cross-sectional register-based study	7
Treatment of alcohol dependence in Swedish primary care: perceptions among general practitioners	7
Agenda navigation in consultations covering multiple topics. A qualitative case study from general practice	7
Physician factors associated with medical errors in Norwegian primary care emergency services	7
“Returning to the core tasks”: a qualitative interview study about how general practitioners in home health care solved problems during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Contacts to general practice in the 12 months preceding a diagnosis of an abdominal cancer: a national register-based cohort study	6
Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey	6
Cognitive and emotional reactions to pictorial-based risk communication on subclinical atherosclerosis: a qualitative study within the VIPVIZA trial	6
Confidentiality matters! Adolescent males’ views of primary care in relation to psychosocial health: a structural equation modelling approach	6
Quality improvement work in general practice; a Norwegian focus group study	6
To neutrally offer or strongly recommend? General practitioners’ perspectives on screening for gestational diabetes according to the national guideline in Norway	5
Respiratory tract infections in Norwegian primary care 2006–2015: a registry-based study	5
Physical activity on prescription in Swedish primary care: a survey on use, views, and implementation determinants amongst general practitioners	5
In safe hands: a qualitative study on older adults’ experiences of a tailored primary health care unit	5
‘Illuminating determinants of implementation of non-dispensing pharmacist services in home care: a qualitative interview study’	5
Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care – a comparison of physicians with different antibiotic prescribing rates	5
General practitioners’ willingness to participate in research networks in Germany	5
Psychiatric disorders and the cancer diagnostic process in general practice: a combined questionnaire and register study exploring the patients’ experiences in Denmark	5
Organizational influences on the use of low-value care in primary health care – a qualitative interview study with physicians in Sweden	5
‘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 care	5
Adjudications and tinkering with care for socially vulnerable patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice	5
How do patients experience and use home blood pressure monitoring? A qualitative analysis with UTAUT 2	5
Awareness of parental illness: a grounded theory of upholding family equilibrium in parents on long-term sick-leave in primary health care	5
Exploring the impact of mental and work-related stress on sick leave among middle-aged women: observations from the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden	5
A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study	4
Older patients’ experiences of access to and use of e-consultations with the general practitioner in Norway: an interview study	4
Phone triage nurses’ assessment of respiratory tract infections – the tightrope walk between gatekeeping and service providing. A qualitative study	4
Defensive medicine in Danish general practice. Types of defensive actions and reasons for practicing defensively	4
Late-effect awareness and follow-up of cancer in general practice	4
Exploring colorectal cancer patients’ diagnostic pathways and general practitioners’ assessment of the diagnostic processes: a Danish survey study	4
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 care	4
Interventions regarding physicians’ sickness certification practice – a systematic literature review with meta-analyses	4
A possible association between early life factors and burden of functional bowel symptoms in adulthood	4
Roles and responsibilities in substance use prevention in the school setting: views among Finnish school personnel representatives	4
Do they cope or mope? A survey of GPs’ experiences with the changes in the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme	4
Direct access from general practice to transvaginal ultrasound for early detection of ovarian cancer: a feasibility study	4
Development over time in point-of-care test use in Danish daytime and out-of-hours general practice: a register-based study	4
Primary healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward patients with current or previous drug use	4
GP strategies to avoid imaging overuse. A qualitative study in Norwegian general practice	3
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 intervention	3
Incidence of short-term community hospital stays and clinical profiles of patients: the Finnish Community Hospital Cohort Study	3
Medical encounters with young unaccompanied refugees: a qualitative study among general practitioners and physicians in migrant health clinics in Norway and Denmark	3
Suicide prevention training: self-perceived competence among primary healthcare professionals	3
Association between received treatment elements and satisfaction with care for patients with knee osteoarthritis seen in general practice in Denmark	3
Digital consultation in primary healthcare: the effects on access, efficiency and patient safety based on provider experience; a qualitative study	3
Personal responsibility for health? A phenomenographic analysis of general practitioners’ conceptions	3
‘They never mentioned this in medical school!’ A qualitative analysis of medical students’ reflective writings from general practice	3
Management of child maltreatment suspicions in general practice: a mixed methods study	3
Correction	3
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 trial	3

Managing mental health in chronic care in general practice: a feasibility study of the Healthy Mind intervention	3
Daytime contacts and general practitioner consultations, and pain as a reason for encounter in children with cerebral palsy; a Norwegian national registry linkage study	3
Handheld transabdominal ultrasound, after limited training, may confirm first trimester viable intrauterine pregnancy: a prospective cohort study	3
Ethical challenges causing moral distress: nursing home staff’s experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Interrater and intrarater agreement on heart murmurs	3
Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections: a feasibility study	3
Implementing advance care planning in Swedish healthcare settings – a qualitative study of professionals’ experiences	3
Health care services for older people in COVID-19 pandemic times – A Nordic comparison	3