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Barriers to routine checkups use among Saudis from the perspective of primary care providers

A qualitative study

Ali M. Alzahrani, Baraa S. Quronfulah, Holly C. Felix and Asim A. Khogeer
Saudi Medical Journal June 2022, 43 (6) 618-625; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.6.20220090
Ali M. Alzahrani
From the Department of Health Services Management and Management (Alzahrani); from the Health Promotion and Health Education Department (Quronfulah), Faculty of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University; from the Research Department (Khogeer), The Strategic Planning, General Directorate of Health Affairs; from the Medical Genetics Unit (Khogeer), Maternity & Children Hospital, Makkah Healthcare Cluster, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Health Policy and Management (Felix), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, United States of America.
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Baraa S. Quronfulah
From the Department of Health Services Management and Management (Alzahrani); from the Health Promotion and Health Education Department (Quronfulah), Faculty of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University; from the Research Department (Khogeer), The Strategic Planning, General Directorate of Health Affairs; from the Medical Genetics Unit (Khogeer), Maternity & Children Hospital, Makkah Healthcare Cluster, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Health Policy and Management (Felix), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, United States of America.
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Holly C. Felix
From the Department of Health Services Management and Management (Alzahrani); from the Health Promotion and Health Education Department (Quronfulah), Faculty of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University; from the Research Department (Khogeer), The Strategic Planning, General Directorate of Health Affairs; from the Medical Genetics Unit (Khogeer), Maternity & Children Hospital, Makkah Healthcare Cluster, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Health Policy and Management (Felix), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, United States of America.
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Asim A. Khogeer
From the Department of Health Services Management and Management (Alzahrani); from the Health Promotion and Health Education Department (Quronfulah), Faculty of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University; from the Research Department (Khogeer), The Strategic Planning, General Directorate of Health Affairs; from the Medical Genetics Unit (Khogeer), Maternity & Children Hospital, Makkah Healthcare Cluster, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Health Policy and Management (Felix), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, United States of America.
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    Table 1

    - Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample (n=19).

    CharacteristicsMinMaxMeanSD
    Age, in years265336.31.8
    Years in practice as a primary care provider<1247.41.3
    Gender#x00A0;#x00A0;
    Female9(47.4)
    Male10(52.6)
    Nationality#x00A0;#x00A0;
    Saudi16(84.2)
    Non-Saudi3(15.8)
    Category of medical practice#x00A0;#x00A0;
    General practitioner4(21.1)
    Community medicine resident2(10.5)
    Family medicine resident1(5.3)
    Family medicine specialist7(36.8)
    Family medicine consultant4(21.1)
    Preventive medicine/public health consultant1(5.3)

    Values are presented as values and percentages (%). Min: minimum, Max: maximum, SD: standard deviation

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