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Paper of the Year

In recognition of the high standard of papers submitted to the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, the editorial board in collaboration with the Nordic Congress of General Practice announced the two winners of the Paper of the Year award 2022 and 2023 at the Nordic Congress for General Practice in Turku, June 2024. The winning authors were celebrated and given the opportunity to present their findings as well.

Paper of the Year Prize 2023

Bengtsson E, Funkquist A, Agvall B.

Observational study of diagnosis and management in adult primary hypothyroidism in southwest of Sweden.

Scand J Prim Health Care. 2023 Sep;41(3):189-195 

Erik Bengtsson, NCGP 2024 Turku

Paper of the Year Prize 2022

Sandvik H, Ruths S, Hunskaar S, Blinkenberg J, Hetlevik Ø.

Construction and validation of a morbidity index based on the International Classification of Primary Care.

Scand J Prim Health Care. 2022 Jun;40(2):305-312 

Øystein Hetlevik, NCGP 2024 Turku

Previos winners

Paper of the Year 2021

Nicolas M. F. Øyane, Morten Finckenhagen, Sabine Ruths, Geir Thue & Anne Karin Lindahl

Improving drug prescription in general practice using a novel quality improvement model

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021; 39:174-183

Paper of the Year 2020

Elisabeth Assing Hvidt, Jens Søndergaard, Maja Klausen & Anette Grønning

Not just an information-delivery tool. An ethnographic study exploring Danish GPs’ perspectives on and experiences with the relational potential of email consultation

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2020; 38:411-420

Paper of the Year 2019

Veronica Milos Nymberg, Beata Borgström Bolmsjö, Moa Wolff, Susanna Calling, Sofia Gerward & Magnus Sandberg

‘Having to learn this so late in our lives…’ Swedish elderly patients’ beliefs, experiences, attitudes and expectations of e-health in primary health care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2019; 37:41-52

Paper of the Year 2018

Laura Trolle Saust, Lars Bjerrum, Volkert Siersma, Magnus Arpi and Malene Plejdrup Hansen from Denmark

Quality assessment in general practice: diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of acute respiratory tract infections

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2018; 36:372-379

2017

Stein Nilsen and Professor Kirsti Malterud from Norway

What happens when the doctor denies a patient’s request? A qualitative interview study among general practitioners in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017; 35: 201-207