Paper of the Year
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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 2024 and 2025 at the Nordic Congress for General Practice in Jönköping, May 2026. The winning authors were celebrated and given the opportunity to present their findings as well.
Paper of the Year Prize 2025
Camilla Aakjær Andersen, John Brandt Brodersen, Jan Mainz, Janus Laust Thomsen, Ole Graumann, Thomas Løkkegaard & Martin Bach Jensen
Does point-of-care ultrasound examination by the general practitioner lead to inappropriate care? A follow-up study
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Vol. 43(3), 613–625
Paper of the Year Prize 2024
Linn Karin Tjalvin Alvsåker, Maria Fehn Stensen, Anders Batman Mjelle, Steinar Hunskaar & Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord
Outcomes of antibiotic treatment for respiratory infections in children an observational study in primary care
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Vol. 42(2), 237–245
Previous winners
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.
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.
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
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