Objectives: This study aimed to elicit parental and adolescent perspectives on pediatric rheumatology care and service delivery and to describe the impact of this process on a proposed model of care addressing pediatric rheumatology service delivery.
Methods: Adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and caregivers in New South Wales, Australia, participated in focus groups or semistructured interviews conducted from August to November 2011. Transcripts were coded and thematically analyzed.