Primary healthcare provider-perceived barriers to implementing an evidence-based pathway for undifferentiated lower gastrointestinal tract symptoms: A qualitative inquiry

• Sowmya Sharma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Michael J. Stewart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Holly Mathias ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hmathias@ualberta.ca

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0094-2466

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• Kerri Novak,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Sander Veldhuyzen Van Zanten,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Courtney Heisler,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Sharon Richard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Emily Neil,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Frederick Burge,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Aaron Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Kevork Peltekian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Sunil Patel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Jennifer L. Jones

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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