However, little is known how consumers actually use these systems for self-management support and productive patient-provider interactions.
The aim of this study is to investigate why and how experienced adult healthcare consumers with chronic illness use PHR's for self-management support and productive patient-provider interactions as defined by the Chronic Care Model (CCM).
However, productive patient-provider interactions not only facilitated appropriate treatment action but enabled patients to justify their need for financial assistance to family and neighbours, and so access care.
While being single was not related to self-management abilities at T1 and objective quality of care we did find significant associations with productive patient-professional interaction (r = − 0.07 at p <0.05) and self-management abilities at T2 (r = − 0.10 at p <0.001).
Sputum-productive patients (n = 70, 68.6 %) were able to produce spontaneous sputum.
The rate of TB+ in the sputum-scarce group was 50%% (11/22), compared to 40%% (28/70) in the sputum-productive patients (p = 0.41).
The nurse-to-patient ratio will be computed from the productive direct patient care nursing hours worked by RNs.
The headache clinic setting may have favoured the productive doctor-patient alliance that is essential for successful educational interventions.
