Their voices matter: assessing patients' experience with healthcare quality in a war-torn country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sudan is experiencing the largest displacement crisis globally due to the ongoing war. One key displacement area is the White Nile state. Despite the state's relative safety, the indirect effects of the war are felt in its health system. In conflict and fragile settings, patients' experiences with healthcare quality receive little or no attention. Thus, our study aimed to assess the experience of patients admitted to governmental hospitals in White Nile state.

Methods

The study took place in the largest cities in the White Nile State: Kosti, Rabak, and Ad Douiem. A total of 799 patients from Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology wards were interviewed from September to October 2023 using the In-Patient Assessment of Health Care survey, which addresses comm

SUBMITTER: Elsharif SAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12729083 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature