COVID-19 patient experiences in pre-hospital pathways: a processual qualitative approach using the life-events calendar method highlights diagnostic delays and healthcare renunciation.
Abstract:Background
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 11% of patients who were hospitalized in France were immediately admitted to intensive care. We aimed to identify and characterize the different types of primary care pathways of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 using patients’ self-reported experiences.
Method
We conducted a qualitative study using biographic interviews of patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19 between September 2020 and December 2021 in the infectious disease departments i… Show more
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