Cristin-resultat-ID: 1858080
Sist endret: 16. februar 2021, 14:46
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2020
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2020

Should GPs ask patients about their financial concerns? Exploration through collaborative research

Bidragsytere:
  • Solveig Osborg Ose
  • Live Standal Bøyum
  • Silje Lill Kaspersen
  • Arman Vestad og
  • Per-Arne Gjelsvik

Tidsskrift

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
ISSN 0281-3432
e-ISSN 1502-7724
NVI-nivå 1

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2020
Volum: 38
Hefte: 2
Sider: 156 - 165
Open Access

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Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85083661361

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Tittel

Should GPs ask patients about their financial concerns? Exploration through collaborative research

Sammendrag

Objective: Health services should arguably be concerned about the financial situation of patients since health problems can cause financial concerns, which in turn can cause health problems. In this study, we explored the role of the general practitioner (GP) as a potential early discoverer of financial problems who can refer at-risk patients to financial counselling services. Design: A collaborative health service research experiment. For four weeks, GPs asked their patients predefined questions about financial concerns and health, by anonymous data mapping. GPs shared their experiences with the researchers after the experiment. Setting: One GP office in Norway. Subjects: A total of 565 patients were included in data mapping by 8 GPs. Main outcome measures: Patient prevalence data and GPs experimental data of patients’ health problems that caused financial concerns and financial concerns that affected patients’ health. Results: Of 565 GP patients, 11% (n = 63) indicated that they had health problems causing them financial concerns, or vice versa; 9% of patients reported health problems causing financial concerns and 8% of patients reported financial concerns that affected their health. Through the data mapping experiment GPs became aware of financial concerns of their patients and by this expanded and improved their therapeutic toolbox. Several months after the experiment the GPs reported that more patients received financial counselling since the GPs asked their patients about financial problems more often than before and because the patients had heard that GPs cared about such problems. Conclusion: Our results suggest that GPs can be early discoverers of financial problems interacting with their patients’ health. When there are no clear medical explanations for the health problems that prompted the consultation, the best therapy may thus be financial counselling.

Bidragsytere

Solveig Osborg Ose

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Helse ved SINTEF AS

Live Bøyum

Bidragsyterens navn vises på dette resultatet som Live Standal Bøyum
  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO ved OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet

Silje Lill Kaspersen

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Helse ved SINTEF AS

Arman Vestad

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved NAV Arbeids- og velferdsforvaltningen

Per-Arne Gjelsvik

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved NAV Arbeids- og velferdsforvaltningen
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