Factors Associated with Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations for COPD Patients: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives
Liwen Ding, Chu Chen, Jianjian Wang, Jay Pan · 2024
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Description
Ding, Chen, Wang, and Pan ask patients with chronic lung disease which factors land them in hospital when better basic care might have kept them home. Most past work on such preventable stays used records, not patient voices, above all in China. Their 2024 study interviews twenty patients admitted with the disease and sorts their accounts into themes.
Two broad groups of factors emerged. One covers the world around the patient: how far care is, how skilled local services are, insurance rules, and work exposures. The other covers the person: knowledge of the disease, health habits, money strain, mood, and other illnesses. The authors urge stronger local care and better health teaching for patients. They frame the results as guidance for clinics and policy makers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Liwen Ding, Chu Chen, Jianjian Wang, Jay Pan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |