Quality of primary health care in Poland from the perspective of the physicians providing it.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care (PC) allows patients to address most of their health needs and is essential for high quality healthcare systems. The aim of the study was to analyze the insight of nine core dimensions of Polish PC system: "Economic conditions", "Workforce", "Accessibility", "Comprehensiveness", "Continuity", "Coordination", "Quality of care", "Efficiency" and "Equity" and to identify the characteristics of the providing physicians that influence their perception of the quality of care.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted as part of an international QUALICOPC project. In Poland a nationally representative sample of 220 PC physicians was selected from the database of Polish National Health Fund by a stratified random sampling procedure. The research tool was

SUBMITTER: Krzton-Krolewiecka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5096289 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature