The aspects of patient-centred care that will be studied are: shared decision making, receiving understandable explanations and being able to ask questions.
Patients above 45 years found shared decision making, receiving understandable explanations and (to a lesser extent) being able to ask questions more important compared with younger patients.
In this article, the focus is on differences between less and more highly educated patients in their preferences for and experiences with patient-centred care., e.g. shared decision making, receiving understandable explanations and being able to ask questions.
Both the aspects under study (shared decision making, receiving understandable explanations, being able to ask questions) and the particular quantitative research method utilized here (measuring importance scores and frequencies of experiences) only reflect parts of this broad concept.
The educational level of patients was directly related to the degree of importance they attributed to specific aspects of patient-centred care, e.g. shared decision making, receiving understandable explanations and being able to ask questions.
In this article two research questions were addressed, focusing on the differences between less and more highly educated patients in (1) the importance they attribute to specific aspects of patient-centred care, e.g. shared decision making, receiving understandable explanations and being able to ask questions, and (2) the experiences they report with respect to these aspects.
Here, the objective of SSI will be to determine satisfaction with regards to affective support, health information, and support in decision-making received.
With advance care planning and end-of-life decision-making receiving more attention in the recent years, it is encouraging to note that many geriatric textbooks have special coverage on these topics.
Policy impacts of direct-democratic decision making also received attention.
M&S contributions conducted predominately for the sponsor's internal decision making has received less attention.
Shared decision making has received much attention in research and practice since its first mention 30 years ago [ 3].
