BMC Health Services Research

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What causes treatment failure - the patient, primary care, secondary care or inadequate interaction in the health services?

Per G Farup1,2*, Ivar Blix3, Sigurd Førre4, Gjermund Johnsen5, Ove Lange6, Rune Johannessen2 and Hermod Petersen7

Author Affiliations

1 Dept. of Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway

2 Dept. of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

3 Dept. of Medicine, Nordmøre and Romsdal Trust, Kristiansund, Norway

4 Saupstad Health Centre, Trondheim, Norway

5 Dept. of Surgery, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

6 Dept. of Medicine, Nordmøre and Romsdal Trust, Molde, Norway

7 Dept. of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11:111 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-11-111

Published: 20 May 2011

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The questionnaire filled in by the doctors. The doctors filled in one questionnaire for each patient based on the transcribed interview of the patient.

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