20.500.12556/RUL-173050 Awaiting recovery the role of outdoor healthcare spaces in patient self‐care in Ljubljana Outdoor spaces in public healthcare institutions play a vital role in reducing patient stress and supporting healing. This study investigates their impact on patient self‐care practices across primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare facilities in Ljubljana, Slovenia, using a two‐phase mixed‐methods approach grounded in Ulrich’s theory of supportive design. The first phase, conducted at the Vodmat Medical Area (Slovenia’s largest hospital complex), involved spatial interventions, workshops, and patient‐led walks to analyze utilization of outdoor spaces and inform the development of a patient experience questionnaire. The second phase employed this questionnaire to assess patient experiences across five selected primary healthcare facilities in Ljubljana. The results highlighted the importance of accessibility, well‐maintained spaces, and comfortable waiting areas, with notable differences in utilization patterns. Primary care patients prioritized accessibility and upkeep, and secondary and tertiary care patients engaged in a broader range of self‐care activities, including relaxation, social interaction, and rehabilitation. These findings underscore the significance of outdoor healthcare spaces, particularly hospital grounds, as critical urban care‐related infrastructures that support patients across the self‐care continuum from health maintenance to rehabilitation. Amid challenges facing Slovenia’s public healthcare system, strategic investment in the design and management of these spaces can improve patient well‐being and transform them into vital sites of institutional and urban care practices. infrastructures of care outdoor healthcare space patient experience patient self‐care supportive design health care services public spaces open space quality patients well being Ljubljana zdravstvena nega javna mesta kakovost odprtih prostorov pacienti blagostanje Ljubljana true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-09-12 09:01:58 2025-09-12 09:02:04 2025-11-01 04:06:04 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 1-21 tematska št., art. 10020 Vol. 10 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 [159.9:712.25:614.2](497.451.1) 2183-7635 10.17645/up.10020 247909635 Semrov_Awaiting_recovery_The_role_of_outdoor_healthcare_spaces_in_patient_self‐care_in_Ljubljana.pdf Semrov_Awaiting_recovery_The_role_of_outdoor_healthcare_spaces_in_patient_self‐care_in_Ljubljana.pdf 1 9CDFF73A691E1618529DE1394C80C304 dcfb35c37ceb3d9bc9dad0dc8a85fffc90d3910f75a067a27d806257e74885de b47006d2-8fa6-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=217217 https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/10020 1 39d8454a-8fa6-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=217215 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0