Exploring Consumer Experiences of Barriers and Enablers to Accessing Rehabilitation That Meets Their Needs: The Rehabilitation Choices Study, Part 2-Consumer Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Improved access to rehabilitation is highlighted as a key pathway to achieving the World Health Organisation's (WHO) goal of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all (Sustainable Development Goal 3). This article is the second in a two-part series outlining the findings from the Rehabilitation Choices study, which aimed to identify how health professionals and consumers in Australia are informed to make decisions about rehabilitation, and their experience with barriers and enablers to accessing that rehabilitation. In this study, we present the perspectives of consumers with different health conditions and a range of experiences with rehabilitation services.

Methods

This was a qualitative study using focus groups and semi-structured interviews. Pe

SUBMITTER: Mason G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420657 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature