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Public Reproductive Health Facilities: A Client-Satisfaction Survey

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  • Fariba Moradi
  • Zohreh Balaghi
  • Mohsen Moghadami
  • Hassan Joulaei
  • Najaf Zare

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INTRODUCTION- Understanding clients’ perspectives on quality improvement programs is essential to achieve the goals of health services. Determining client satisfaction could help decision makers to implement programs fit to their needs as perceived by service providers and clients. This study aimed to assess the level of satisfaction among women attending health centers regarding the services received in governmental health facilities in Shiraz, southern Iran.METHOD- This cross-sectional study was performed in 24 urban health centers. Using systematic random sampling method, 8 clinics were assigned to each group. Then questionnaires were distributed among 240 married women in 15-49 year-old age group who had referred to selected clinics for receiving some services. For data analysis, SPSS version 15 software and Chi-square statistical procedure were used to evaluate clients’ satisfaction.RESULTS- Data showed that 101 out of 240 respondents were completely satisfied with the personnel as well as the health center. Furthermore, satisfaction was found to be the highest among clients of those centers ranked as middle class socioeconomic status, while no significant difference was found between centers based on their socioeconomic status.CONCLUSION- The results of the present study would enable policy-makers to effectively improve the quality of health care, keeping a balance between providers’ and patients’ perspectives on the quality of health care.

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  • Fariba Moradi & Zohreh Balaghi & Mohsen Moghadami & Hassan Joulaei & Najaf Zare, 2017. "Public Reproductive Health Facilities: A Client-Satisfaction Survey," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(2), pages 208-208, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:gjhsjl:v:9:y:2017:i:2:p:208
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