Social determinants of ambulatory care sensitive conditions: a qualitative meta-synthesis based on patient perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalizations or emergency department (ED) visits due to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSC) are preventable but cost billions in modern countries. The objective of the study is to use a meta-synthesis approach based on patients' narratives from qualitative studies to reveal why individuals are at risk of ACSC hospitalizations or ED visits.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were utilized to identify qualified qualitative studies. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis were used for reporting the review. The thematic synthesis was used to analyze the data.

Results

Among 324 qualified studies, nine qualitative studies comprising 167 unique individual patients were selected based on

SUBMITTER: Chen HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203230 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature