Table 1.
Analytical process.
| Meaning units (selected) | Subgroups | Categories |
| Dehydrated; they are admitted for a short time, have some IV and then sent home. | Short stay; Simple intervention | Identification of potential patient groups |
| COPD patients are left to themselves when they are discharged, and then the anxiety comes... | Discharged without support | Identification of potential patient groups |
| A lot of UTIs...many men who are catheterized for 1,5-2 litres. If we had a bladder scanner, we could have solved it ourselves...instead of going to the A & E. | Potentially preventable hospitalization | Identification of potential patient groups |
| We don’t have a bladder scanner, consequently we have to catheterize more often to be on the safe side, but then there is an infection and another hospitalization because of the infection | Use of technology to potentially prevent hospitalization | Identification of potential technological tool |
| A swollen leg, or whatever...there is much that could have been done if you could provide a picture or a video. | Video or photo as a tool for providing info about clinical condition | Identification of potential technological tool |
| ... then we postpone, and eventually they are in such a bad shape that we have to call A & E. | —a | Identification of potential technological tool |
aNot applicable.