Giving patients a voice for healthcare reform in Austria: the qualitative voice-study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inclusion of patients in healthcare service and system planning is an increasingly important tool to improve healthcare systems worldwide. In 2012, a focused healthcare reform was initiated in Austria to strengthen the primary care sector which is still underway in 2023.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the perceptions, desires, and needs of patients in terms of primary care as a necessary building block of the Austrian healthcare reform.

Methods

This study was designed as an exploratory qualitative study using semi-structured interviews between the years 2013 and 2018. Interviews with patients focused on positive and negative experiences with regard to general practice (GP) consultations and perceptions of the primary care system in general, a

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461150 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature