Patient engagement in interprofessional team-based chronic disease management: A qualitative description of a Canadian program.

Objective: To explore how patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) perceive their engagement and roles within an interdisciplinary team-based care model.

Methods: A single intrinsic case study was used. Focus group participants were recruited from the Best Care COPD program across nine sites.

Evaluating Public Participation in a Deliberative Dialogue: A Single Case Study.

Background: Deliberative dialogues (DDs) are used in policy-making and healthcare research to enhance knowledge exchange and research implementation strategies. They allow organized dissemination and integration of relevant research, contextual considerations, and input from diverse stakeholder perspectives. Despite recent interest in involving patient and public perspectives in the design and development of healthcare services, DDs typically involve only professional stakeholders.

Continuing to enhance the quality of case study methodology in health services research.

Case study methodology has grown in popularity within Health Services Research (HSR). However, its use and merit as a methodology are frequently criticized due to its flexible approach and inconsistent application. Nevertheless, case study methodology is well suited to HSR because it can track and examine complex relationships, contexts, and systems as they evolve.