Evaluating patient participation in value-based healthcare: Current state and lessons learned.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Value-based healthcare (VBHC) focusses on increasing value for patients. Hospitals aim to implement VBHC via value improvement (VI) teams for medical conditions. To determine the patient's perspective on value, collective patient participation is important in these teams. We therefore evaluated the current state of patient participation in VI teams and share lessons learned.

Methods

This mixed-methods study was conducted at seven collaborating hospitals in the Netherlands. A questionnaire (the public and patient engagement evaluation tool) was tailored to the study's context, completed by VI team members (n = 147 from 76 different VI teams) and analysed with descriptive statistics. In addition, 30 semistructured interviews were held with VI team members and anal

SUBMITTER: Westerink HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797212 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature