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Providing care to long-term mechanically ventilated patients in Germany – Current situation and needs for action from the perspective of health professionals / Die Versorgung langzeitbeatmeter Patienten in Deutschland – Aktuelle Situation und Handlungsbedarfe aus der Sicht von Gesundheitsberufsangehörigen Cover

Providing care to long-term mechanically ventilated patients in Germany – Current situation and needs for action from the perspective of health professionals / Die Versorgung langzeitbeatmeter Patienten in Deutschland – Aktuelle Situation und Handlungsbedarfe aus der Sicht von Gesundheitsberufsangehörigen

Open Access
|Jul 2020

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Topics of the interview guide.

Figure 2

Categories and sub-categories of findings.

Figure 3

Health structures for ventilated patients from the interviewees’ perspective (adapted from Lehmann et al., 2016b).

Interview Data_

IdArea of healthcareNumber of participants (N)Qualification and function of participantsInterview type, duration and documentation
1Weaning and ventilation center1physician (senior)face-to-face, 90 min, audio-record
2Weaning and ventilation center2physician (senior), nurse (discharge management)face-to-face, 70 min, paper/pencil
3Specialized nursing home2nurse (management), physician (management)face-to-face, 95 min, audio-record
4Specialized nursing home1nurse (director of nursing care)phone, 65 min, audio-record
5Nursing home with specialized intensive care ward1nurse (director of nursing care)face-to-face, 65 min, audio-record
6Health insurance2nurse (case management)Face-to-face, 90 min, audio-record
7Acute care hospital with weaning unit5physician (senior), nurse (respiratory therapist, n = 2), nurse (discharge management, n = 2)face-to-face, 60 min, audio-record
8Intensive nursing care service1nurse (management)face-to-face, 50 min, audio-record
9Intensive nursing care service1economist (director)face-to-face, 60 min, audio-record
10Specialized resident physician practice2physician, nurse (respiratory therapist)face-to-face, 210 min, audio-record
11Specialized resident physician practice1physicianphone, 38 min, audio-record
12Medical service of the statutory health insurance1nurse (assessment of care dependency, quality assurance)face-to-face, 85 min, audio-record
13Neurological early rehabilitation2physician (senior), nurse (ward nurse)face-to-face, 80 min, audio-record
Language: English, German
Page range: 53 - 65
Submitted on: Jan 13, 2020
Accepted on: May 11, 2020
Published on: Jul 8, 2020
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Yvonne Lehmann, Susanne Stark, Michael Ewers, published by ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.