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Article: Room for improvement: Complementary therapy users and the Australian health system

TitleRoom for improvement: Complementary therapy users and the Australian health system
Authors
KeywordsConsumer perspectives
Complementary therapy users
Chronic disease
Health systems
Mixed-methods research
Issue Date2015
Citation
Health Expectations, 2015, v. 18, n. 5, p. 1451-1462 How to Cite?
Abstract© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Context: People with chronic conditions who are often in contact with the health-care system are well placed to reflect on how services meet their needs. Some research characterizes people who use complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) as a distinct group who opt out of the mainstream health system. However, many CAM users are people with chronic or terminal health conditions who concurrently use mainstream health-care services. The difference in perspectives between people with chronic conditions who do or do not use CAM has received little attention by researchers. Objective: To explore the views of CAM users with chronic conditions and identify their perspectives on the health system. Design and Setting: In-depth interviews and a self-administered questionnaire were used to collect data on care-seeking, self-management and CAM use among people with type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease living in Victoria, Australia. Results: One in four CAM practitioner users was partly motivated to use CAM as a result of their dissatisfaction with the mainstream health system. In general, their dissatisfaction mirrored the concerns of the general population. This included the perceived lack of a humanistic or person-centred approach, which was central to problems relating to individuals' clinical encounters as well as to health system design. Discussion and Conclusion: Participants' concerns suggest room for improvement in the Australian health system to better reflect patients' needs. A systems approach is needed to reorient health-care practitioners to modify the organization of care because of the incentives embedded in the structure of the health-care system.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/269843
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.122
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dc.contributor.authorLin, Vivian-
dc.contributor.authorCanaway, Rachel-
dc.contributor.authorCarter, Bronwyn-
dc.contributor.authorManderson, Lenore-
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-06T01:39:05Z-
dc.date.available2019-05-06T01:39:05Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationHealth Expectations, 2015, v. 18, n. 5, p. 1451-1462-
dc.identifier.issn1369-6513-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/269843-
dc.description.abstract© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Context: People with chronic conditions who are often in contact with the health-care system are well placed to reflect on how services meet their needs. Some research characterizes people who use complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) as a distinct group who opt out of the mainstream health system. However, many CAM users are people with chronic or terminal health conditions who concurrently use mainstream health-care services. The difference in perspectives between people with chronic conditions who do or do not use CAM has received little attention by researchers. Objective: To explore the views of CAM users with chronic conditions and identify their perspectives on the health system. Design and Setting: In-depth interviews and a self-administered questionnaire were used to collect data on care-seeking, self-management and CAM use among people with type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease living in Victoria, Australia. Results: One in four CAM practitioner users was partly motivated to use CAM as a result of their dissatisfaction with the mainstream health system. In general, their dissatisfaction mirrored the concerns of the general population. This included the perceived lack of a humanistic or person-centred approach, which was central to problems relating to individuals' clinical encounters as well as to health system design. Discussion and Conclusion: Participants' concerns suggest room for improvement in the Australian health system to better reflect patients' needs. A systems approach is needed to reorient health-care practitioners to modify the organization of care because of the incentives embedded in the structure of the health-care system.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofHealth Expectations-
dc.subjectConsumer perspectives-
dc.subjectComplementary therapy users-
dc.subjectChronic disease-
dc.subjectHealth systems-
dc.subjectMixed-methods research-
dc.titleRoom for improvement: Complementary therapy users and the Australian health system-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/hex.12125-
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dc.identifier.epage1462-
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