Abstract
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021.
Highlights
In British Columbia (BC), Canada, health systems centralization shifted services to population-dense cities within geo-politically defined geographies
Methods/Theory: Our research question was: What are the experiences of patients, their families, and nursing care providers in transitions from a referral centre back to rural communities? This integrated knowledge translation study used narrative methods to document stories of people living in rural communities who were referred for care, but chose not to go
Discharge planning and transportation coordination were frequently challenging for patients, their families, and their care providers—with limited participation of patients and families in the process overall
Summary
Rural Stories of Getting Back Home: An integrated knowledge translation study of people’s experiences of navigating access to healthcare from rural and remote communities in British Columbia, Canada. 1: University Of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; 2: Interior Health, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; 3: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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