Adult patient perspectives on receiving hospital discharge letters: a corpus analysis of patient interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

UK government guidelines and initiatives emphasise equity in delivery of care, shared decision-making, and patient-centred care. This includes sharing information with patients as partners in health decisions and empowering them to manage their health effectively. In the UK, general practitioners (GPs) routinely receive hospital discharge letters; while patients receiving copies of such letters is seen as "good practice" and recommended, it is not standardised. The effects and consequences of whether or not this happens remains unclear. The aim of this study (one of three forming the Discharge Communication Study) was to explore patient perspectives on receiving discharge letters and their views on how this could be improved in order to optimise patient experience and ou

SUBMITTER: Weetman K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7294646 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature