Patient healthcare experiences in the Northwest Territories, Canada: an analysis of news media articles
The factors that influence patient healthcare experiences are complex and connected to place. In northern Canada, the socio-historical context and the inequitable distribution of health services are unique influences on patients. The objective of this study was to examine the characteristics of pati...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8725720 2023-05-15T15:55:23+02:00 Patient healthcare experiences in the Northwest Territories, Canada: an analysis of news media articles Cooper, Rhiannon Pollock, Nathaniel J. Affleck, Zander Bain, Laura Hansen, Nanna Lund Robertson, Kelsey Chatwood, Susan 2021-03-18 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8725720/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33734041 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1886798 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8725720/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33734041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1886798 © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY-NC Int J Circumpolar Health Original Research Article Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1886798 2022-01-09T01:51:35Z The factors that influence patient healthcare experiences are complex and connected to place. In northern Canada, the socio-historical context and the inequitable distribution of health services are unique influences on patients. The objective of this study was to examine the characteristics of patient healthcare experiences as reported through news media in the Northwest Territories. We used a case series design to examine patient healthcare experiences reported in news media articles. We conducted a systematic search for articles published between 2008 and 2017 in the online database of a media outlet in the Northwest Territories. We used descriptive statistics to summarise the article characteristics and thematic analysis to understand patient experiences in 128 articles related to 71 cases. Most often, cases involved women, concerned mental health, suicidality, or chronic diseases, and were predominantly negative. Patient experiences included problems associated with medical travel, communication difficulties with providers, lack of cultural safety, and barriers in accessing care resulting in poor-quality care, particularly for Indigenous patients. Broadly, these experiences are rooted in the colonial history in the North. Understanding patient experiences and including Indigenous patients in health system decision-making can help focus policies and clinical care on cultural safety and equity. Text Circumpolar Health Northwest Territories PubMed Central (PMC) Canada Northwest Territories International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 |
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The factors that influence patient healthcare experiences are complex and connected to place. In northern Canada, the socio-historical context and the inequitable distribution of health services are unique influences on patients. The objective of this study was to examine the characteristics of patient healthcare experiences as reported through news media in the Northwest Territories. We used a case series design to examine patient healthcare experiences reported in news media articles. We conducted a systematic search for articles published between 2008 and 2017 in the online database of a media outlet in the Northwest Territories. We used descriptive statistics to summarise the article characteristics and thematic analysis to understand patient experiences in 128 articles related to 71 cases. Most often, cases involved women, concerned mental health, suicidality, or chronic diseases, and were predominantly negative. Patient experiences included problems associated with medical travel, communication difficulties with providers, lack of cultural safety, and barriers in accessing care resulting in poor-quality care, particularly for Indigenous patients. Broadly, these experiences are rooted in the colonial history in the North. Understanding patient experiences and including Indigenous patients in health system decision-making can help focus policies and clinical care on cultural safety and equity. |
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Patient healthcare experiences in the Northwest Territories, Canada: an analysis of news media articles |
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