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Consumer issues in navigating health care services for type I diabetes

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posted on 2024-06-16, 13:30 authored by Bodil RasmussenBodil Rasmussen, S Wellard, A Nankervis
• Despite increasing interest in consumer awareness and participation in health care service delivery, there has been little exploration of consumer views in relation to services for people with type I diabetes. • The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to identify strategies people with type I diabetes used to access health services and the barriers they perceived in accessing the services they needed. • Data gathered in semi-structured interviews revealed that consumers experience significant barriers when navigating the health care system. • Three dominant themes were identified. They relate to access to specialist medical skill, to the transition from teenager to young adult and to pre-pregnancy and obstetric care. • Directions for change in service delivery and policy development are discussed.

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Journal

Journal of clinical nursing

Volume

10

Pagination

628-634

Location

Oxford, Eng.

ISSN

0962-1067

eISSN

1365-2702

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2001, Blackwell Science Ltd

Publisher

Blackwell Science Ltd

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