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Assessment of OPD patient’s satisfaction with health care services at Al-Nafees medical hospital

Authors

Ahmed Farah
Isra University ; , Al-Nafees Medical College and Hospital ; , Department of Community Medicine ;

Isra Med. J. 2015; 7 (3): 154-159
Isra Medical Journal
Journal Country: Pakistan
P-ISSN: 2073-8285
Indexing Status : In Process
Citation: Farah Ahmed , Assessment of OPD patient’s satisfaction with health care services at Al-Nafees medical hospital, Isra Med. J. 2015; 7 (3): 154-159

Abstract English

Objective: To determine socio-demographic profile among the OPD patients and the overall satisfaction level of the patients utilizing the OPD Study Design: A descriptive cross sectional study
Place and Duration: Conducted in OPD of Al-Nafees Hospital Islamabad from 12th January -12th March 2015 Results: The study was conducted on 209 patients. Overall satisfaction level of patients with the OPD health services was 86.2%. Satisfaction level was found to be more in females than males.42.6% had a family income of >15000 Rupees but satisfaction level with OPD services was same among respondents falling in different categories of family income. Patients with primary level of education were more satisfied.41.1% waited 15-30 minutes for the examination by the doctor.89% of the patients were satisfied from the registration staff.73.3% were satisfied with doctor’s service. The satisfaction level from the nurses was 64.6%.63.3% were satisfied from the services provided by the pharmacy.63.2% said that the medical expenses were affordable.88% of the patients agreed upon the cleanliness of the building of the hospital and 77% stated that that signs and boards were easy to follow
Conclusion: In the current study it was found that majority of respondents were highly satisfied with the OPD services offered at Al-Nafees Hospital. Patients were satisfied with the behavior of registration staff, Physicians’ communication skills, waiting time for examination, nursing care, pharmacy services and logistic arrangements

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