Workplace Violence and Sanctioning of Family Medicine Physicians Due to the Rules of Health Insurance Funds in the Western Balkan
| Autor: | Danica Rotar Pavlič, Dinka Jurisic, Tanja Pekez-Pavlisko, Slavoljub R Zivanovic, Larisa Gavran, Ljubin Sukriev, Maja Račić |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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penalty medicine.medical_specialty Workplace violence business.industry Specialty Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health family medicine Political science Family medicine Health care Injury prevention medicine maltreatment business public insurance |
| Zdroj: | Materia Socio-Medica |
| ISSN: | 1512-7680 |
| DOI: | 10.5455/msm.2019.31.99-104 |
| Popis: | Introduction After family medicine's famous beginnings in the early 60's through introduction of the world's first family medicine specialization, with transitional changes and war also come changes in former Yugoslavia's healthcare systems. Aim The primary aim of this article is to analyze frequency and causes of sanctioning of family physicians by Health insurance funds in the countries of former Yugoslavia. The secondary aim is to evaluate frequency and types of workplace violence family physicians experienced due to insurance boundaries for patients. Methods The comparative, cross-sectional survey was carried out from October 2017 to February 2018. Study participants were general practitioners' (GPs), family physicians (FPs) and those without a specialty designation but providing family medicine services in one of the five Western Balkans countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The questionnaire was designed for the purpose of the study. Results Forty-nine percent of participating physicians have been sanctioned by Health Insurance Fund and 77. 5% has been exposed to workplace violence. The most common type of violence was verbal (76.6%). Financial penalties according to the scale had the highest rates in Macedonia (73.9%) and Slovenia (43.9%). Conclusion It is necessary to educate creators of healthcare policies, doctors and patients for the purpose of establishing partner relations which would lead to strengthening of primary healthcare, but also to a more efficient healthcare system. |
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