Title |
People with limiting long-term conditions report poorer experiences and more problems with hospital care
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-33 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Paul Hewitson, Alex Skew, Chris Graham, Crispin Jenkinson, Angela Coulter |
Abstract |
Long-term conditions have a significant impact on individuals, their families, and the health service. As people with these conditions represent a high proportion of hospital admissions, investigating their experiences of inpatient care has become an important area of investigation. We conducted a secondary analysis of the NHS adult inpatient survey for England to compare the hospital experiences of three groups of patients: those without long-term conditions, those with a single long-term condition, and those with multiple long-term conditions. We were particularly interested in the extent to which these patients received self-management support from hospital staff, so we developed a brief summary tool drawn from salient questions in the survey to aid the comparison. |
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