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List patient system: straitjacket or a tool for developing general practice? General practitioners' experiences from a pilot project in Norway.

T Fjermestad·B Paulsen
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate attitudes and experiences among general practitioners (GPs) taking part in an experiment with a list patient system in four municipalities in Norway. DESIGN: A questionnaire distributed to all 160 GPs in the four municipalities after 3 years' trial of the system. SETTING: Primary health care in Norway. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The opinions of physicians on a list patient system after 3 years of trial. RESULTS: Most of the physicians held that the list patient system imposed more obligations than they were used to. However, the majority also held that the system enhanced preconditions for doing a good professional job; 68% wanted the system on a permanent basis, while 14% rejected it. CONCLUSION: Positive aspects outweigh negative aspects in the attitude of GPs to a list patient system.

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T Fjermestad, B Paulsen. 2000. List patient system: straitjacket or a tool for developing general practice? General practitioners' experiences from a pilot project in Norway.. https://doi.org/10.1080/02813430050202505

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