Abstract

The main purpose of the research is to analyze the quality of medical care in dispensary №1 of municipal non-profit enterprise «Shostka city center of primary health care» and determine recommendations for its improvement in the context of «MEDSTAR» medical information system implementation. The research methods authors used in the article were systematic analysis, comparative research, and patients’ survey. As the information sources, the authors used internal documentation of the dispensary № 1 (data for September 2018) and its electronic documentation from the MEDSTAR medical information system (data for September 2020). First, the authors analyzed and compared the number of patients who visited the dispensary №1, and the number of patients visited by doctors at home in September 2020 and September 2018. Second, the authors determined the number of referrals for examination issued to patients in September 2020 and September 2018. Third, the authors surveyed the patients on their satisfaction with the quality of medical care. The results of the research showed that the total number of patients’ visits at the dispensary №1 decreased by 32.4%, and the rate of home visits decreased by 5.12% in September 2020 compared to September 2018. The same situation is with the number of referrals for examination. In September 2018 763 patients got referrals for further examinations, and in September 2020 the number of referrals was 169. The survey showed that patients are dissatisfied with some aspects of the quality of medical care, particularly, with the automation of medicine, focus of medicine, as well as with the conditions of appointment and accessibility of conventional medical services. In total, the results of the research helped to highlight problems in the work of family doctors caused by healthcare reform and medical information systems implementation which reduce the quality of medical care. The recommendations for problems solving were suggested. The authors’ research will be useful for further research in the quality of medical care.

Keywords: family doctor, home visit, MEDSTAR, patient, quality of medical care, referral.

JEL Classification: I11, I19, L86.

Cite as: Syhyda, L., Srovnalíková, P., & Onda, A. (2020). Estimation of quality of medical care. Health Economics and Management Review, 1(1), 93-105. https://doi.org/10.21272/hem.2020.1-09

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