“It is not the fault of the health care team - it is the way the system works”: a mixed-methods quality improvement study of patients with advanced cancer and family members reveals challenges navigating a fragmented healthcare system and the adminis
These findings illustrate how care fragmentation and administrative and financial burdens lead to worse quality care and distrust of healthcare. Better coordination of patient-centered care, and a fundamental restructuring of a highly fragmented national healthcare system are required to meet the needs of patients with complex conditions like advanced cancer and their families.
Authors
- Meghan C. Martinez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1967-1018)
- Martina Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5031-0543)
- Manali Indravadan Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-5762)
- Su‐Ying Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6616-5970)
- Natalia Colocci
- Steve Lai
- Ellis C. Dillon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9910-0869)
- Harold S. Luft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-2745)
- Amandeep Kaur Mann-Grewal
Institutions
- Sutter Health (US)
- Lee University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Palo Alto Institute (US)
- UConn Health (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11744-z
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 18.07
Funders
- Sutter Health
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation