SVIBOR - Project code: 3-01-020

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Project code: 3-01-020


FREE CHOICE OF DOCTOR IN OUTPATINET HEALTH CARE


Main researcher: BUDAK, ANTUN (94945)


Assistants
Type of research: applied
Duration from: 01/01/91. to 12/31/94.
Papers on project (total): 40
Papers on project quoted in Current Contents: 3
Institution name: Medicinski fakultet, Zagreb (108)
Department/Institute: Department for general practice
Address: Škola narodnog zdravlja "Andrija Štampar", Rockfellerova 4
City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
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Phone: 385 (0)41 276 822
Fax: 385 (0)41 274 742
Summary: Recent changes in the health policy introduce market economy inhealth care and offer free choice of doctor in outpaienthealth care for everyone. This inovations demend scientificevaluation of reorganised outpatient care and specially principof free choice of doctor. There were a moderate experience about free choice of doctor inour country and experienes of the other countries cannot becosidered without doubt because of differences in cultural,social and economical background. It is very important to investigate conditions which influencefree choice of doctor in our country, as well as patientsatisfaction with that principle. It is also important toevaluate if free choice of doctor can improve the health careand how it effects quality of care. The both is simultaneouslly interesanted for the health policy,health insurance organisation and the health scinece.

Keywords: free choice of doctor, outpatient health care

Research goals: The basic aim of this study is to find out how patinets will practice free choice of doctor in outpatient care and what influnece the choice. Special aim is to find: -to which extend will patient use their right to make free choice of doctor, -to which extend will they choose the same doctors as before, -how much will patiet choose doctors to achieve family doctor principle, -how often patinets choose privat GPs versus state owned group practices' GPs and what influnce such choice, -how many doctors are chosen from the optimal number of patinets (2000 patients or 600 families), -how often patient change the doctors in period of three years and what does it mean for their health status, -how important is the doctor's qualification for the patient how choose the doctor, -what characteristics of the doctor and members of his team are important for patients in decision making in free choice of doctor, -how will free choice of doctor effect health utilization and health expenditure, -how will free choice of doctor effect the annual consultation rate of GPs, how it effect refferal rate and hospitalization rate. Results of this study can be used in outpatient health care policy creation, categorisation of health facilities and for the evaluation of the actualy vocational education for outpatient health care professionals. atinets use
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