Medication Management Decision Letters and Interviews from Norwegian Home Healthcare

15 decision letters and 35 semi-structured interviews from a 12-month qualitative case study across three rural Norwegian municipalities. The data, authored by Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen and published on figshare in 2026, explores the role of formal decision letters in medication safety for older adults. It includes perspectives from patients, general practitioners, nurses, and service allocators.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the implementation gap between formal policy and clinical practice based on interview data.
• Studying communication and interpretation challenges in healthcare based on the described vague language in decision letters.
• Investigating the role of informal care structures based on mentions of supplementary care plans and verbal agreements.
• Exploring patient empowerment and rights in medication management based on the described variability in interpretation.

Strengths

• Includes 35 semi-structured interviews providing multi-stakeholder perspectives.
• Covers a 12-month period across three distinct municipalities.
• Focuses on a specific, critical issue in home healthcare for older adults.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 88.4 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

A qualitative multiple-case study using document analysis and interviews.

Time Range

Study conducted over 12 months.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 13:41:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Three rural municipalities in Norway.