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What triggers healthcare-seeking behaviour when experiencing a symptom? Results from a population-based survey

Sandra Elnegaard, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Rikke Sand Andersen, René de-Pont Christensen and Dorte Ejg Jarbøl
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (2): bjgpopen17X100761. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X100761
Sandra Elnegaard
1 PhD Student, Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, , Denmark
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  • For correspondence: selnegaard{at}health.sdu.dk
Anette Fischer Pedersen
2 Associate Professor, MSc, Research Unit for General Practice, Danish Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care (CaP), Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, , Denmark
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Rikke Sand Andersen
3 Associate Professor, Anthropologist, Research Unit for General Practice, Danish Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis (CaP), Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, , Denmark
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René de-Pont Christensen
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vol. 1 no. 2 bjgpopen17X100761
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X100761
PubMed 
30564656

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received November 18, 2016
  • Accepted November 23, 2016
  • Published online July 11, 2017.

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  1. Sandra Elnegaard, MD1,*,
  2. Anette Fischer Pedersen, PhD2,
  3. Rikke Sand Andersen, PhD3,
  4. René de-Pont Christensen, PhD4 and
  5. Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, PhD5
  1. 1 PhD Student, Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense , Denmark
  2. 2 Associate Professor, MSc, Research Unit for General Practice, Danish Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care (CaP), Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus , Denmark
  3. 3 Associate Professor, Anthropologist, Research Unit for General Practice, Danish Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis (CaP), Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus , Denmark
  4. 4 Biostatistician, Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense , Denmark
  5. 5 Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, GP, Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense , Denmark
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
     selnegaard{at}health.sdu.dk
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