- Title
- Patient satisfaction with health care services at a National Institute of Ophthalmology
- Creator
- Nguyen, Huy; Dung, Nguyen; Thang, Cao; Hanh, Le
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/182305
- Identifier
- vital:16122
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2449
- Identifier
- ISBN:0749-6753 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Little is known about how patients in developing countries, such as Vietnam, are satisfied with eye care services. The purpose of this study was to assess the satisfaction with health services and its associated factors among patients attending a national institute of ophthalmology in Vietnam. In a cross-sectional study utilizing quantitative methods, 500 inpatients and their relatives attending a national institute of ophthalmology in Vietnam were approached for data collection. The results indicated that under 50% of the patients were satisfied with eye care services. However, when classified by level of satisfaction, only 6.8% were very satisfied with all domains of care. There was no significant difference in satisfaction by gender and income, while significant differences by department, residence, and education were found. Patients who were from rural areas, were better educated, and used the services of the glaucoma department, were more satisfied with eye care than those from urban areas, were less educated, and used the services of treatment-on-demand department. Multivariable regression detected 2 main factors, gender and location, associated with patient satisfaction. Patients who were female and came from rural and remote areas were more likely to be satisfied than patients who were male and living in urban areas. The study suggests that to continue to improve health care quality, it is important to eliminate differences in providing eye care services regardless of whether patients are male or female, and whether they come from a rural or urban area. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Relation
- International Journal of Health Planning and Management Vol. 33, no. 1 (2018), p. e251-e262
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 4407 Policy and Administration; 4206 Public Health; Eye care; Health care quality; Ophthalmological care; Satisfaction with health care; Vietnam
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