Rural citizen-patient priorities for healthcare in British Columbia, Canada: findings from a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The challenge of including citizen-patient voices in healthcare planning is exacerbated in rural communities by regional variation in priorities and a historical lack of attention to rural healthcare needs. This paper aims to address this deficit by presenting findings from a mixed methods study to understand rural patient and community priorities for healthcare.

Methods

We conducted a provincial survey of rural citizens-patients across British Columbia, Canada to understand their most pressing healthcare needs, supplemented by semi-structured interviews. Survey and interview participants were asked to articulate, in their own words, their communities' most pressing healthcare needs, to explain the importance of these priorities to their communities, and to offer

SUBMITTER: Kornelsen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449919 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature