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A qualitative analysis of women's satisfaction with primary care from a panel of focus groups in the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
- Source :
- Journal of women's healthgender-based medicine. 10(7)
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Health issues unique to women and differences in healthcare experiences have recently gained attention as health plans and systems seek to extend and improve health promotion and disease prevention in the population. Successful efforts focused on enhancing quality of care will require information from the patient's perspective on how to improve such services to best support women's attempts to lead healthy and productive lives. The National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health program (CoE), sponsored by the Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, is based on an integrated model uniting research, training, healthcare, and community education and outreach. To examine women's concept and definitions of healthcare quality, 18 focus groups comprising 137 women were conducted nationwide on experiences and attributes of healthcare that women value in primary care. Following the focus groups, a woman-focused healthcare satisfaction instrument was developed for the purpose of assessing and improving healthcare delivery. We describe the qualitative results of the focus group study.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Health administration
Nursing
Health care
medicine
Humans
Health policy
Reproductive health
Primary Health Care
business.industry
Public health
International health
General Medicine
Focus Groups
Middle Aged
United States
Women's Health Services
Health promotion
Patient Satisfaction
Family medicine
Health education
Female
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
business
Delivery of Health Care
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15246094
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of women's healthgender-based medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....599c90c773708e5b120a7b993dc95a90