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Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province

BACKGROUND: Understanding the level of public satisfaction with a family physician plan as well as the relevant factors in this respect, can be employed as valuable tools in identifying quality of services. OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors affecting public dissatisfaction with an urban family phy...

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Autores principales: Imanieh, Mohammad Hadi, Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza, Imani, Bahareh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Electronic physician 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29403604
http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/5676
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author Imanieh, Mohammad Hadi
Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza
Imani, Bahareh
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Imani, Bahareh
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description BACKGROUND: Understanding the level of public satisfaction with a family physician plan as well as the relevant factors in this respect, can be employed as valuable tools in identifying quality of services. OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors affecting public dissatisfaction with an urban family physician plan in Iran. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2014 through June 2015 on Fars Province residents in Iran, selected based on cluster sampling method. The data collection instrument was comprised of a two-part checklist including demographic information and items related to dissatisfaction with the family physician plan, specialists, para-clinic services, pharmacy, physicians on shift work, emergency services, and family physician assistants. Data were described by SPSS 20. RESULTS: In this study, 1,020 individuals (524 males, 496 females) were investigated. Based on the results, the most frequent factor affecting dissatisfaction with physicians was their single work shifts and unavailability (53%). In terms of dissatisfaction with family physicians’ specialist colleagues and para-clinic services, the most common factors were related to difficulty in obtaining a referral form (41.5%) and making appointments (21.6%), respectively. Given the level of dissatisfaction with pharmacies, the significant factor was reported to be excessive delay in medication delivery (31.6%); and in terms of physicians on shift work and emergency services, the most important factor was lower work hours for family physicians (9.2%). CONCLUSION: It seems that, the most common causes of dissatisfaction with the urban family physician plan are due to the short duration of services, obtaining a referral form and making appointments, and providing prescribed medications.
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spelling pubmed-57831132018-02-05 Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province Imanieh, Mohammad Hadi Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza Imani, Bahareh Electron Physician Original Article BACKGROUND: Understanding the level of public satisfaction with a family physician plan as well as the relevant factors in this respect, can be employed as valuable tools in identifying quality of services. OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors affecting public dissatisfaction with an urban family physician plan in Iran. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2014 through June 2015 on Fars Province residents in Iran, selected based on cluster sampling method. The data collection instrument was comprised of a two-part checklist including demographic information and items related to dissatisfaction with the family physician plan, specialists, para-clinic services, pharmacy, physicians on shift work, emergency services, and family physician assistants. Data were described by SPSS 20. RESULTS: In this study, 1,020 individuals (524 males, 496 females) were investigated. Based on the results, the most frequent factor affecting dissatisfaction with physicians was their single work shifts and unavailability (53%). In terms of dissatisfaction with family physicians’ specialist colleagues and para-clinic services, the most common factors were related to difficulty in obtaining a referral form (41.5%) and making appointments (21.6%), respectively. Given the level of dissatisfaction with pharmacies, the significant factor was reported to be excessive delay in medication delivery (31.6%); and in terms of physicians on shift work and emergency services, the most important factor was lower work hours for family physicians (9.2%). CONCLUSION: It seems that, the most common causes of dissatisfaction with the urban family physician plan are due to the short duration of services, obtaining a referral form and making appointments, and providing prescribed medications. Electronic physician 2017-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5783113/ /pubmed/29403604 http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/5676 Text en © 2017 The Authors This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Imanieh, Mohammad Hadi
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Imani, Bahareh
Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province
title Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province
title_full Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province
title_fullStr Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province
title_short Factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: A general population based study in Fars Province
title_sort factors affecting public dissatisfaction with urban family physician plan: a general population based study in fars province
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29403604
http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/5676
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