Attitudes of Primary Health Care (PHC) Gatekeepers Towards Patient Referral Policy, Machakos County, Kenya
| Autor: | Desire Aime Nshimirimana, D. A. Kokonya, Wanja Mwaura-Tenambergen, Maureen Adoyo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Courtesy Referral business.industry education 05 social sciences Organic Chemistry Primary health care Primary care Biochemistry Focus group 03 medical and health sciences Patient referral 0302 clinical medicine Incentive Nursing Family medicine 0502 economics and business Medicine Questionnaire return rate 030212 general & internal medicine business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Science Journal of Public Health. 4:284 |
| ISSN: | 2328-7942 |
| DOI: | 10.11648/j.sjph.20160404.13 |
| Popis: | Primary Health Care (PHC) serves as the foundation for building a working healthcare system that provide good health outcomes. The quality of PHC delivery and the decision to refer patients depends on some behavioural factors (knowledge, skills and behaviour) of primary care providers. The study was conducted at 100 PHC centres sampled using Taro Yamane formula, in Machakos County, Kenya, from March to May 2015. It involved 8 gender-based focus group discussions (FGDs) with patients and their caretakers. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from emancipated children and adults aged 15-65 years excluding the disabled due to data integrity issues. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0 and Atlas.ti 7 software were used for analysis. A questionnaire return rate of 83% was achieved of whom 84.3% were nurses (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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