Table 1.

Summary of patient demographics, inclusion criteria and interviews

Patient no.	Age	Gender	Ethnicity	Escalation of care	Interview participants		Length of interview (min)	Time between discharge and interview (days)
1	77	F	White‐British	HDU	P	R	55	68a
2	85	M	White‐British	HDU	P	R	46	83a
3	82	M	White‐British	Ward management	P	R	17	16
4	79	M	White‐British	Ward management	P		20	42
5	71	F	White‐British	Specialist unit	P		45	25
6	81	F	Black‐Caribbean	ICU	P	R	18	61
7	57	M	White‐British	ICU		R	22	28
8	50	M	Black‐Caribbean	Ward management	P		13	46
9	51	F	Black‐Caribbean	Ward management	P		65	52
10	65	F	White‐British	Ward management	P		80	60
11	73	F	Black‐Caribbean	Ward management	P	R	18	22
12	61	F	White‐British	ICU	P		11	36
13	74	F	White‐British	Ward management	P	R	73	98a
14	69	F	White‐British	ICU	P		37	28

P, Patient; R, Relative.

^aPatient had readmission prior to interview.