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Patients' perspectives of acceptability of ART, TB and maternal health services in a subdistrict of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Source :
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BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2018 Nov 07; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 839. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Nov 07. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background: The field of acceptability of health services is emerging and growing in coherence. But there are gaps, including relatively little integration of elements of acceptability. This study attempted to analyse collectively three elements of acceptability namely: patient-provider, patient-service organisation and patient-community interactions.<br />Methods: Mixed methods were used to analyse secondary data collected as part of the Researching Equity in Access to Health Care (REACH) study of access to tuberculosis (TB) treatment, antiretroviral therapy (ART) and maternal health (MH) services in South Africa's public health sector.<br />Results: Provider acceptability was consistently high across all the three tracer services at 97.6% (ART), 96.6% (TB) and 96.4% (MH). Service acceptability was high only for TB tracer (70.1%). Community acceptability was high for both TB (83.6%) and MH (96.8%) tracers.<br />Conclusion: Through mixed methods, this paper provides a nuanced view of acceptability of health services.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Female
HIV Infections psychology
Humans
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious psychology
Public Health
Public Sector
South Africa
Tuberculosis drug therapy
Tuberculosis psychology
Anti-HIV Agents therapeutic use
HIV Infections drug therapy
Health Services Accessibility standards
Maternal Health Services standards
Patient Satisfaction
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1472-6963
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BMC health services research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30404628
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3625-5