abstract background and purpose:now-a-days, patient satisfaction is increasingly receiving the attention of health-service providers, which is a necessary step to enhance the quality of health services. the present study aimed at exploring patient-physician communicative patterns, physicians’ job satisfaction, and patients’ satisfaction at isfahan, iran. materials and methods:this study was a d...

UNLABELLED Patient satisfaction is a pre-requisite to successful clinical practice. While an efficacious treatment is an important consideration, other variables are recognized to contribute to clinical satisfaction. This case study of a South African teaching clinic identifies and compares variables perceived as essential, important and unnecessary by chiropractic students and their patients. ...

 Abstract Background: Patient satisfaction with the cosmetic result of spinal fusion surgery was studied in 40 cases of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Neutral or dissatisfied patients were compared with satisfied patients in several physical and psychological characteristics. The aim of the study was to determine whether adolescents generally report satisfaction with the postoperative appeara...

the current study aims to measure the efficiency of primary health care units completed in health sector of rural azad jammu and kashmir (ajk) and to compare it across developed and deprived regions.operational efficiency and beneficiary efficiency of a total of 32 basic health units (bhus) were measured through data envelopment analysis (dea) by using different input and output variables. inde...

background many diagnostic and treatment procedures are done in hospitals and clinics. offering services in these areas have a prominent role in promoting patients’ satisfaction levels and their prospective about health services. objectives this study is going to assess the satisfaction levels of patients referring to the six military hospital clinics in iran. materials and methods in this cros...

background and objectives: responsiveness is one of the hallmarks of high performance health systems. maintaining the responsiveness of health organizations at high level, require constant assessment of its situation as perceived by the patients. the accumulation of data on patients’ perception of health organizations’ responsiveness can help policy-makers in developing effective relevant strat...

today, to increase effectiveness is a strategy for success of organizations and their viability. in health care organization not only service cost- effectiveness is a major problem for productivity and organizational management but also customer-centred is in first priority. because of these reasons, most of health organization trend to patient satisfaction for their viability. if complex proce...

background & aim: nowadays, home health care services play significant roles in modern societies. such services allow the elderly and needy people to pass their treatment process at their own houses in a friendly environment. in this paper, weekly routing and scheduling problem of home health care personnel was investigated. methods & materials: insufficient number of expert personnel or overla...