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Table 2 Interview guide

From: A qualitative study of old patients’ experiences of the quality of the health services in hospital and 30 days after hospitalization

1

Describe your situation right now.

2

Describe your experience of the hospital stay.

a. Describe whether anyone at the hospital asked you what mattered most to you from your point of view.

b. Describe your experience of the cooperation/coordination between the healthcare personnel at the hospital.

3

Describe the discharge process as you experienced it.

a. Describe how/when you were informed about discharge.

b. Describe the information you received about/during the discharge process.

c. Describe whether any of the healthcare professionals asked you about your preferences regarding the discharge process.

d. Describe whether your wishes regarding discharge were taken into account.

4

Describe your experience of the transfer between hospital and the healthcare services in the municipality.

5

Describe your experience of the cooperation/coordination between the personnel at the hospital and those in the healthcare services in municipality care.

6

Describe your experience of the information transfer between hospital and municipality.

7

Describe the time after discharge.

8

Describe your experience of the cooperation/coordination between the healthcare personnel in the municipality.

a. Describe your experience of the cooperation between your GP and other healthcare personnel in the municipality.

9

Describe whether any of the healthcare professionals in the municipality asked you what mattered most to you from your point of view.

10

(If rehospitalization is a theme: Describe the rehospitalization process.)

11

Looking back, is there anything that should have been done differently regarding the healthcare you have received?