US Clinicians' Experiences and Perspectives on Resource Limitation and Patient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about how US clinicians have responded to resource limitation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Objective

To describe the perspectives and experiences of clinicians involved in institutional planning for resource limitation and/or patient care during the pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study used inductive thematic analysis of semistructured interviews conducted in April and May 2020 with a national group of clinicians (eg, intensivists, nephrologists, nurses) involved in institutional planning and/or clinical care during the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States.

Main outcomes and measures

Emergent themes describing clinicians' experience providing care in settings of resource

SUBMITTER: Butler CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7648254 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature