Osteoporosis care through an Integrated, People-Centred Health Services framework lens: a hybrid qualitative analysis of international patient experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Globally, patients with osteoporosis have unmet needs in terms of care accessibility, patient-centredness and care comprehensiveness. The WHO developed the Integrated, People-Centred Health Services (IPCHS) framework to reorient and integrate healthcare systems using 5 interdependent strategies and 20 substrategies. Patients' perspectives with regard to these strategies are poorly understood. We sought to relate patient-experienced gaps in osteoporosis care to the IPCHS strategies and identify key strategies to guide osteoporosis care reforms.

Design, setting and participants

Qualitative online study of the experiences of international patients with osteoporosis.

Procedure

Two researchers conducted semi-structured interviews in English, Dutch, Spanish and F

SUBMITTER: Verdonck C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314707 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature