Client's satisfaction with healthcare services received at the hospital outpatients department and the primary healthcare facilities in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia: A review of service users' satisfaction.

Autor:	Almutairi AS; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Osagiede EF; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Alenazi SK; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Almutairi AA; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Alnawmasi YS; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Aljunaydili AA; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Alharbi MS; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Alshahrani AS; From the Department of Community and Public Health (Almutairi); from the Department of Population Health Management (Osagiede, Alharbi); from the Department of Therapeutic Services (Alenazi); from the Department of Hospitals Affairs (Almutairi); from the Department of Patient Experience (Alnawmasi, Aljunaydili), Buraydah, from the Outpatient Department (Alshahrani), Saudi Royal Clinics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Osagiede), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Saudi medical journal [Saudi Med J] 2024 Aug; Vol. 45 (8), pp. 826-833.
DOI:	10.15537/smj.2024.45.8.20240249
Abstrakt:	Objectives: To assess the level of satisfaction expressed for services rendered in the public health sector to clients who were seen at outpatient departments (OPDs) and primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in Al-Qassim Health Cluster in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This study used a comparative cross-sectional study design, and data were obtained as secondary data from The Patient's Experience Platform. Data analysis was carried out using Stata (version 16), and the significance level was 5%. Results: In comparing the mean satisfaction in 9 domains, statistically significantly higher means for the PHC facilities than the OPDs were seen across 7 domains: patients navigating health facilities ( p =0.008), nursing services ( p <0.001), physicians' services ( p =0.004), radiological services ( p <0.001), personal issues ( p =0.003), the pharmacy ( p =0.005), and general experience ( p =0.036). Conclusion: This study's findings are significant. They indicate that client satisfaction with services at PHC facilities was significantly higher than with services at hospital OPDs in Al-Qassim region. This underscores the need to improve the quality of services provided at OPDs to bring them to the same level as those provided by PHC facilities. Policymakers and implementers should, therefore, sustain efforts to make OPDs and PHC facilities more desirable for clients. (Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal.)
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