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ArticleMateria socio-medica2019

Workplace Violence and Sanctioning of Family Medicine Physicians Due to the Rules of Health Insurance Funds in the Western Balkan.

Tanja Pekez-Pavlisko, Maja Racic, Larisa Gavran, Danica Rotar Pavlic, Ljubin Sukriev, Slavoljub R Zivanovic, Dinka Jurisic

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Article in Materia socio-medica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Tanja Pekez-PavliskoPrivate Family medicine practice, Croatia.
Maja RacicDepartment for Primary health care and Public health, Faculty of medicine, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Larisa GavranFamily Medicine Teaching Centre, Primary Health Care Zenica, Department of Family medicine, Faculty of medicine, University of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Danica Rotar PavlicDepartment of Family medicine, Faculty of medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ljubin SukrievDepartment of Family medicine, Faculty of medicine, University of Skopje, Northem Macedonia.
Slavoljub R ZivanovicSlavoljub R. Zivanovic, City Bureau for Emergency Medical Service Belgrade, Serbia.
Dinka JurisicDinka Jurisic, Private practice Family medicine, Croatia.
Primary HealthCare · MTUniversity of East Sarajevo · BAUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAfter family medicine's famous beginnings in the early 60's through introduction of the world's first family medicine specialization, with transitional changes and war also come changes in former Yugoslavia's healthcare systems.

aimThe primary aim of this article is to analyze frequency and causes of sanctioning of family physicians by Health insurance funds in the countries of former Yugoslavia. The secondary aim is to evaluate frequency and types of workplace violence family physicians experienced due to insurance boundaries for patients.

methodsThe comparative, cross-sectional survey was carried out from October 2017 to February 2018. Study participants were general practitioners' (GPs), family physicians (FPs) and those without a specialty designation but providing family medicine services in one of the five Western Balkans countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The questionnaire was designed for the purpose of the study.

resultsForty-nine percent of participating physicians have been sanctioned by Health Insurance Fund and 77. 5% has been exposed to workplace violence. The most common type of violence was verbal (76.6%). Financial penalties according to the scale had the highest rates in Macedonia (73.9%) and Slovenia (43.9%).

conclusionIt is necessary to educate creators of healthcare policies, doctors and patients for the purpose of establishing partner relations which would lead to strengthening of primary healthcare, but also to a more efficient healthcare system.

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