Perceptions of Medically Complex Patients Enrolled in an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit at a Healthcare-for-the-Homeless Clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is great interest in intensive primary care interventions to address high utilization among medically and socially complex patients. How patients experience these interventions has received less attention.

Objective

To better understand patients' experience of intensive primary care, we interviewed patients receiving care from the Streamlined Unified Meaningfully Managed Interdisciplinary Team (SUMMIT), an ambulatory intensive care intervention at an urban federally qualified health center.

Methods

We interviewed 25 participants enrolled in the SUMMIT randomized controlled trial and conducted a Reflective Thematic Analysis using a hybrid inductive-deductive approach.

Results

Patients reported high levels of medical and social needs that outstri

SUBMITTER: Chan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11960842 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature