Patient experiences with outpatient care in Hungary: results of an online population survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health systems are undertaking efforts to make health care more patient centered and value based. To achieve this goal, the use of patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) is increasing, especially across OECD countries. However, in Hungary, data on patients' experiences are still lacking. Thus, our aim was twofold: first, to collect data on outpatient experience in Hungary on patient-doctor communication and patient involvement in decision making and compare it with that of other OECD countries; second, to assess associations of outpatient experience with patients' socioeconomic characteristics.

Methods

In early 2019, we conducted a cross-sectional, online, self-administered survey in a national representative sample of Hungary's population (n = 1000). The sa

SUBMITTER: Brito Fernandes O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544599 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature