Commonalities and differences in injured patient experiences of accessing and receiving quality injury care: a qualitative study in three sub-Saharan African countries.

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      Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101552874 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-6055 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20446055 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Open Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: [London] : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2011-
    • Subject Terms:
      Health Services Accessibility* ; Qualitative Research* ; Quality of Health Care* ; Wounds and Injuries*/therapy; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Rwanda ; Young Adult ; Ghana ; South Africa ; Adolescent ; Africa South of the Sahara ; Aged ; Rural Population ; Interviews as Topic
    • Abstract:
      Objectives: To understand commonalities and differences in injured patient experiences of accessing and receiving quality injury care across three lower-income and middle-income countries.
      Design: A qualitative interview study. The interviews were audiorecorded, transcribed and thematically analysed.
      Setting: Urban and rural settings in Ghana, South Africa and Rwanda.
      Participants: 59 patients with musculoskeletal injuries.
      Results: We found five common barriers and six common facilitators to injured patient experiences of accessing and receiving high-quality injury care. The barriers encompassed issues such as service and treatment availability, transportation challenges, apathetic care, individual financial scarcity and inadequate health insurance coverage, alongside low health literacy and information provision. Facilitators included effective information giving and informed consent practices, access to health insurance, improved health literacy, empathetic and responsive care, comprehensive multidisciplinary management and discharge planning, as well as both informal and formal transportation options including ambulance services. These barriers and facilitators were prevalent and shared across at least two countries but demonstrated intercountry and intracountry (between urbanity and rurality) variation in thematic frequency.
      Conclusion: There are universal factors influencing patient experiences of accessing and receiving care, independent of the context or healthcare system. It is important to recognise and understand these barriers and facilitators to inform policy decisions and develop transferable interventions aimed at enhancing the quality of injury care in sub-Saharan African nations.
      Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
      (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Patient-Centered Care; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; Quality in health care
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240702 Date Completed: 20240702 Latest Revision: 20240705
    • Publication Date:
      20240705
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11218010
    • Accession Number:
      10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082098
    • Accession Number:
      38955369