Lanfang du, Yan Li, Zhenjie Wang, Guoqiang Zhang, Xiaohui Chen, Yingping Tian, Changju Zhu, Jinsong Zhang, Lidong Wu, Peiwu Li, Yuguo Chen, Bing Ji, Shuming Pan, Jun Zeng, Yanfen Chai, Yesai Mu, Mao Zhang, Yu Ma, Chuanzhu Lv, Qingbian Ma
A national survey on current state and development needs of clinical and academic emergency medicine in China
BMC medical education
hospital services parts world severely affected crisis caused coronavirus pandemic particularly concerning patients suffer chronic diseases study aimed assess level quality accessibility chronic disease services perspectives healthcare providers assess association healthcare providers sociodemographic factors perspectives accessibility quality level explore providers perspectives barriers facilitators quality accessibility chronic disease health services covid 19 pandemic design explanatory mixed method design employed study using questionnaire focus group discussion approach questionnaire consisted three sections including demographic accessibility quality convenience sampling approach used collect quantitative 412 healthcare providers working public private teaching hospitals purposive sample 12 healthcare providers interviewed collect qualitative data quantitative data analyzed using spss statistics version 25 qualitative data analyzed using thematic analysis approach study found quality accessibility chronic disease services northern jordan affected covid19 quantitative majority participants reported moderate level accessibility quality qualitative four main six subthemes identified 1 accessibility barriers including transportation fear infection 2 accessibility facilitators including availability personal protective equipment ppe covid19 vaccination 3 quality barriers including staff shortage 4 quality facilitators including safety protocol quality accessibility chronic disease services affected due healthcare system restating address covid19 pandemic different barriers facilitators chronic disease healthcare services accessibility quality identified findings study lay ground healthcare decision policymakers develop strategies formulate polices ensure patients receive needed healthcare services hence improve health outcomes