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Patient’s travel distance to specialised cancer diagnostics and the association with the general practitioner’s diagnostic strategy and satisfaction with the access to diagnostic procedures: an observational study in Denmark

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01169-y

Published Online: 2020-05-31

Published Print: 2020-12

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Authors

Virgilsen, Line Flytkjær https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4877-2697
Hvidberg, Line

Vedsted, Peter
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Article History

Received: 4 February 2020

Accepted: 17 May 2020

First Online: 31 May 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: According to Danish law, this study did not need approval by the Committee on Health Research Ethics as the study was based solely on questionnaire and registry data []. The project “Geographic variations and cancer outcomes” (ID 189) has been approved and is registered in the Record of Processing Activities at the Research Unit for General Practice in Aarhus in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).The patients signed a consent to contact their GP and collect information on the diagnostic process of the patients. In accordance with § 46 of the Danish Health Act, the Danish Patient Safety Authority gave us permission to obtain information (by questionnaires) from the GPs’ medical records for patients who deceased shortly after their diagnosis (case no. 3–3013-1956/1).

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: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interests.

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