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Systematic review of patients' views on the quality of primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Assessment of satisfaction with delivery care among mothers in selected health care facilities in Ekiti state.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- Effect of hospital attributes on patient preference among outpatient attendants in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: discrete choice experiment study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Monitoring Quality of Care in the WHO Africa Region-A study design for measurement and tracking, towards UHC attainment.Global health action · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the quality of service delivery in private sector, primary care clinics in Kenya: A descriptive patient survey.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2020Article
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- Satisfaction of Nigerian patients with health services: a protocol for a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2019Article
- Assessment of Perinatal Care Satisfaction Amongst Mothers Attending Postnatal Care in Ibadan, Nigeria.Annals of global health · 2018Article
- 'He should feel your pain': Patient insights on patient-provider communication in Rwanda.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2018Article
- Missed opportunities and barriers for vaccination: a descriptive analysis of private and public health facilities in four African countries.The Pan African medical journal · 2017Article
- Findings and Predictors of Patient-Reported Experience of Primary Health Care in Nigeria.Journal of patient experience · 2016Article
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Abstract
This is the first systematic review of patient views on the quality of primary health care services in sub-Saharan Africa using studies identified from MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus, EMBASE and PsycINFO. In total, 20 studies (3 qualitative, 3 mixed method and 14 quantitative) were included. Meta-analysis was done using quantitative findings from facility- and community-based studies of patient evaluation of primary health care. There was low use of validated measures, and the most common scales assessed were humanness (70%) and access (70%). While 66% (standard deviation = 21%) of respondents gave favourable feedback, there were discrepancies between surveys in community and facility contexts. Findings suggest that patient views could vary with subject recruitment site. We recommend improvement in the methods used to examine patient views on quality of primary health care.
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