The View Points of the Medical Faculty Members and Residents about Health Sector Evolution in Hospitals Affiiated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Health reform plan is designed to improve health care in Iran. Since job dissatisfaction of health care providers can affect quality of services, the current study aimed to evaluate the views of physicians and residents working in governmental hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical sciences, regarding the health reform program Material and Methods: This study was a descriptive- cross sectional study. A questionnaire was developed for assessing attending physicians and resident’s views regarding health reform plan. Construct and content validity and reliability of the instrument had been evaluated by experts in the fild. The study population consisted of physicians and residents who worked in governmental hospitals affiiated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistic and the Chi square test in SPSS-16 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). Results: One hundred and fity attending physicians and 232 residents participated in the current study. 94% of physicians desired to continue working in their current position. 46.7% of physicians and 42.4% of residents were fairly satisfid with increasing number of clients and Sixty six percent of physicians were moderately satisfid with an income increase. Of all physicians of current study, 41.6% had a relative agreement with implementation of the reform plan and 21.3% believed that diagnostic and treatment facilities had been improved. Relative satisfaction of physicians and residents was 27% and 70% respectively. Conclusion: The highest dissatisfaction rate related the work place and the highest satisfaction rate referred to increase in the number of clients. Since health care provider’s job satisfaction affects the quality of care, paying attention to increase in physician’s satisfaction in all aspects seems necessary

Keywords

• Health care reform, Physicians, Job satisfaction, Satisfaction, Service providers