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Journal Paper
Jung, Sung, Park, Kim, and Lee (2011). Patients’ assessment of community primary and non-primary
Jung, J. W., Sung, N. J., Park, K. H., Kim, S. W., and Lee, J. H. (2011). Patients’ assessment of community primary and non-primary care physicians in Seoul of South Korea, Korean Journal of Family Medicine, 32(4), 226-233.
primary care physicians:
1차 의료기관 의사 중 가정의학과, 내과, 일반의, 외과, 소아과
non-primary care physicians:
1차 의료기관 의사 중
산부인과, 정형외과, 신경외과, 흉부외과, 성형외과, 신경과, 신경정신과, 피부과, 비뇨기과, 안과, 이비인후과, 마취통증의학과, 재활의학과, 응급의학과, 영상의학과, 핵의학과, 방사선종양학과, 진단검사의학과, 병리과, 산업의학과
The CATI questionnaire, distribution of landline RDD samples, and distribution of respondents by region are available in the attached files.
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To download the original paper, click the following DOI address: 10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.4.226
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Abstract
Background
It is important to know the current level of primary care performance in order to evaluate and plan for desirable health policy. We tried to compare patient's assessment of primary (family physician, general practitioner, internist, pediatrician, and general surgeon) and non-primary (the other specialties) care physicians.
Methods
Study subjects were physicians of primary care clinics in Seoul. The study subject evaluators were Seoul citizens who were selected by a list-assisted random digit dialing sampling method and who had visited their primary care clinic on six or more occasions over a period of more than 6 months as a usual source of care. The modified version of the Korean Primary Care Assessment Tool was used for the evaluation of primary care performance. The data were collected with the aid of a computer-assisted telephone interview system from June 29 to July 22, 2009.
Results
The data on 260 individuals were used for analysis. The mean scores of primary and non-primary care physician group were respectively 1.19 and 0.85 in the comprehensiveness domain, 1.00 and 0.83 in the coordination domain, 1.54 and 1.31 in the family/community orientation, and 1.24 and 0.99 as an average of 3 domains above. The scores in the comprehensiveness domain and the average of 3 domains were significantly higher in the primary than in the nonprimary care physician group.
Conclusion
Primary care physicians showed superior performance compared to non-primary care physicians in comprehensiveness domain and in the average of comprehensiveness, coordination, and family/community orientation domains.
