RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Client’s satisfaction with healthcare services received at the hospital outpatients department and the primary healthcare facilities in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 826
OP 833
DO 10.15537/smj.2024.45.8.20240249
VO 45
IS 8
A1 Almutairi, Ahmad S.
A1 Osagiede, Emmanuel F.
A1 Alenazi, Sultan K.
A1 Almutairi, Abdulaziz A.
A1 Alnawmasi, Yasir S.
A1 Aljunaydili, Ahmed A.
A1 Alharbi, Majed S.
A1 Alshahrani, Abdulaziz S.
YR 2024
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/45/8/826.abstract
AB Objectives: To assess the level of satisfaction expressed for services rendered in the public health sector to clients who were seen at outpatient departments (OPDs) and primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in Al-Qassim Health Cluster in Saudi Arabia.Methods: This study used a comparative cross-sectional study design, and data were obtained as secondary data from The Patient’s Experience Platform. Data analysis was carried out using Stata (version 16), and the significance level was 5%.Results: In comparing the mean satisfaction in 9 domains, statistically significantly higher means for the PHC facilities than the OPDs were seen across 7 domains: patients navigating health facilities (p=0.008), nursing services (p<0.001), physicians’ services (p=0.004), radiological services (p<0.001), personal issues (p=0.003), the pharmacy (p=0.005), and general experience (p=0.036).Conclusion: This study’s findings are significant. They indicate that client satisfaction with services at PHC facilities was significantly higher than with services at hospital OPDs in Al-Qassim region. This underscores the need to improve the quality of services provided at OPDs to bring them to the same level as those provided by PHC facilities. Policymakers and implementers should, therefore, sustain efforts to make OPDs and PHC facilities more desirable for clients.