Funding for this research was provided by:
Norsk Sykepleierforbund (13/0033)
Article History
Received: 8 January 2018
Accepted: 20 September 2018
First Online: 1 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was assessed by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC). The Committee stated that the study did not require approval from REC, since REC deemed that the study was not in the category of medical or health research regulated by the Health Research Act. However, an approval from the Norwegian Social Sciences Data Service was required. Approval was obtained from the Norwegian Social Sciences Data Service (project number 30997). This approval concerns the use of personal/private data (interview guides, consent forms, storage of data, etc.).The purchasers participating in the study were assured confidentiality and anonymity, and written consent was obtained prior to the focus group interviews. The purchasers were informed that they could withdraw from the study at any time. All administrative decisions were anonymized before we received them.
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