How do healthcare providers construe patient complexity? A qualitative study of multimorbidity in HIV outpatient clinical practice.
Shiko M Ben-MenahemAnastassja SialmAnna HachfeldAndri RauchGeorg von KroghHansjakob FurrerPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
The framework presented in this study helps to advance a shared understanding of patient complexity. Our findings inform curriculum design and the teaching of essential skills to medical students in areas characterised by high patient complexity such as general internal medicine and geriatrics. From a policy perspective, our findings have important implications for the design of more effective healthcare interventions for complex patients.
Keyphrases
- medical students
- healthcare
- case report
- end stage renal disease
- clinical practice
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- public health
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- hiv positive
- hiv aids
- quality improvement
- health information
- patient reported outcomes
- health insurance