Frontline provider perceptions of implementing home-based palliative care covered by an insurer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine frontline providers' experiences implementing home-based palliative care (HBPC) covered by a private health insurer in partnership with community-based hospice, home health, and Accountable Care Organizations.

Study setting

Primary data collection at three community-based hospice and home health organizations in Northern and Southern California at the outset of the new private payer-contracted HBPC.

Study design

Qualitative focus groups with frontline HBPC providers.

Data collection

Focus groups were guided by a nine-item, semi-structured research protocol, audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by two independent coders using a grounded theory approach.

Principal findings

Participants (n = 24) were mostly White (79.2%) f

SUBMITTER: Coulourides Kogan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264462 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature