Evaluation of a healthcare walk-in centre in an immigrant-dense area from the perspective of Swedish-born patients.
Rikard Erik WärdigEmina HadziabdicKatarina HjelmPublished in: Primary health care research & development (2021)
As the walk-in centre was perceived as having good accessibility, participants experienced that they could easily receive help for minor health problems. However, they also identified several ways the walk-in centre could be improved. For example, some participants preferred to remain outside while awaiting their turn to see a healthcare provider and wanted immigrant patients to leave their relatives at home when possible to minimise the risk of spreading infection. In addition, some participants thought a triage system could be implemented so that more severe cases could advance more quickly in the queue. The homogeneous sample of informants raises questions about whether this healthcare model is indeed accessible to everyone.