Satisfaction Level of Tuberculosis Patients Regarding Their Access to TB Care and Prevention Services, Delivered Through a Public-Private Mix Model in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: The private healthcare providers (PHCP) are believed to improve access to healthcare services in public-private mix (PPM) projects, as they are considered first point of contact for healthcare. The purpose of this study was to determine the satisfaction level of tuberculosis (TB) patients. A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study was carried out during November and December 2017 for 572 under-treatment patients registered with PHCPs in the PPM project. Lot quality assurance sampling technique was used to randomly select 19 districts from a sample frame of 75 districts. In each selected district, the data collector retrieved a TB register of 8 months (January-August 2017) and systematically selected patients by fixed periodic interval. SPSS version 24.0 (IBM Corp, Amonk, NY, USA) was us

SUBMITTER: Ali SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955770 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature