Access to health care perceived by parents caring for their child at home supported by eHealth-a directed approach introducing aperture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years a variety of eHealth solutions has been introduced to enhance efficiency and to empower patients, leading to a more accessible and equitable health care system. Within pediatric care eHealth has been advocated to reduce emergency and hospital outpatient visits, with many parents preferring eHealth to physical visits following the transition from hospital to home. Still, not many studies have focused on access from the parental perspective. Therefore, the aim of the study was to analyze access to health care as perceived by parents when caring for their child at home, with conventional care supported by eHealth following pediatric surgery or preterm birth.

Methods

Twenty-five parents who went home with their child following hospitalization and recei

SUBMITTER: Hylen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9358091 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature