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Table 3 Main themes and sub-themes identified/explored from interviews with patients

From: Barriers to managing and delivery of care to war-injured survivors or patients with non-communicable disease: a qualitative study of Palestinian patients’ and policy-makers’ perspectives

Themes

Sub-themes

Organization barriers/health system barriers

-Weaknesses of the referral mechanism.

- High war-injured survivors’ volume in emergency unit.

-Delay of care delivered by physicians/surgeons.

Availability, financial and socioeconomic barriers

-Insufficient staff in medical and surgical units

-Lack of expertise in microsurgery (vascular and neurosurgery) and kidney disease.

- Unaffordability.

- Poor economic conditions and diet regimen.

Physical and psychological barriers

-Limitation of body movement and feeling lack of energy.

-Severity of war-injury, NCD and its complications.

-Poor self-care and help-seeking.

-Poor psychological condition.

Communication barriers

-Poor clear communication system with health care provider.

-Insufficient patients-provider interaction and responsiveness