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Received: 14 February 2024

Accepted: 31 July 2024

First Online: 24 August 2024

Declarations

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: All methods were carried out following relevant guidelines and regulations in terms of qualitative study research and inductive thematic analysis. The Norwegian National Research Ethics Committee for Medical and Health Research (NEM) performed an assessment of the study, and the need for its approval was waived due the study’s focus on health service research and its aim not being to provide new knowledge about health and disease, which is within NEM’s mandate (ref. no. 166973). According to Norwegian research regulations, research protocols should, in such cases, be approved by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) to ensure ethical issues related to privacy protection. All experimental protocols were approved by the NSD (ref. no. 807733). The NSD issues nationally valid judgments for studies within the Norwegian context. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection. Before the meetings and interviews, the researcher gave a reminder of the main information in the consent form as well as the voluntariness, confidentiality, and freedom to refuse or withdraw from the study at any stage.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.