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Table 3 Coding frame

From: Interprofessional collaboration in the home care setting: perspectives of people receiving home care, relatives, nurses, general practitioners, and therapists—results of a qualitative analysis

Main category

Subcategory

Perception of interprofessional collaboration

• No or rare interprofessional collaboration

• Organisational coordination

• Exchange of information

 o PRHC and relatives as mediators

 o Nurses as mediators

 o Direct exchange between professionals

• Joint collaboration

 o Complementary work

 o Meetings

 o Handing-over of tasks

Means of communication

• Fax

• Phone

• Messenger service

• E-mail

• Written documentation

Barriers and facilitators of interprofessional collaboration

• Person-related factors

 o Being known

 o Recognition of expertise

• Structural conditions

 o Availability

 o Financial and time constraints

 o Fragmentation of care