Focus Group Study on Unplanned Hospital Admissions in Dutch Older Adults

Four focus groups with 22 Dutch primary healthcare professionals explored factors affecting unplanned hospital admissions in community-dwelling older adults. The study, authored by Jet H. Klunder and last updated in May 2026, identified risk and protective factors related to patients, professionals, and healthcare organizations. Thematic analysis of transcripts suggests strategies like improving care continuity and advance care planning could reduce admissions.

Use Cases

• Identify patient-related risk factors for hospital admissions based on described themes like chronic conditions and health-seeking behavior.
• Analyze healthcare professional-related mitigating factors based on themes such as continuity of care and advance care planning.
• Study organizational barriers to preventive care based on themes like poor informational continuity and lack of alternatives to hospitalization.
• Support the design of primary care interventions based on the identified thematic categories of patient, professional, and organizational factors.

Strengths

• Data is derived from four focus groups with a purposive sample of 22 primary healthcare professionals.
• The study provides a detailed thematic analysis grouping factors into three distinct categories.
• Files are available in PDF and DOCX formats, facilitating qualitative analysis.
• Dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 56.9 KB, containing qualitative transcripts rather than large-scale quantitative data.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects the perspectives of Dutch healthcare professionals, which may limit generalizability to other health systems.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Purposive sampling and thematic analysis of four focus group transcripts.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 11:03:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands (Dutch primary healthcare professionals)