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September 19, 2025

Navigating a fragmented care system: a qualitative study exploring the combined perspectives of critical care survivors and their clinicians.

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SNSaira NazeerGMGeorgia MathiesonZPZudin Puthucheary

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Qualitative study reveals challenges in fragmented care during recovery from critical illness, suggesting improved coordination is needed.

Key Points

  • Fragmented care significantly hinders recovery for critical illness survivors, leading to frustration for both patients and clinicians.
  • Emergent themes show a lack of coordination between hospital and community services, affecting the overall recovery experience.
  • Semi-structured interviews with 16 patients and 7 clinicians provided insights on the importance of integrated follow-up care.
  • Systemic improvements are necessary for follow-up care to enhance support for patients navigating recovery post-critical illness.

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Nazeer et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d464f131b076d99fa643cahttps://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.16.25334818
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