Merging existing practices with new ones: the adjustment of organizational routines to using cancer patient pathways in primary healthcare

Table 1 Characteristics of the PHC units; their setting, groups, and participants

PHC Units	Areas	Listed patients	Group interviews^a	Groups	Nurses	Physicians
Unit 1	Urban	10,000–15,000	Separate	2	8	8
Unit 2	Urban	15,000–20,000	Separate	2	5	3
Unit 3	Rural	< 5000	Mixed	1	2	5
Unit 4	Rural	< 5000	Nurses only	1	2	0
Unit 5	Urban	5000–10,000	Separate	2	3	3
Unit 6	Rural	< 5000	Mixed	1	1	1

^aGroup interviews were conducted with nurses and physicians in separated groups on different occasions or mixed groups depending on PHC unit size and what was possible for them

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