Farah Ahmed, Iram Yasir, Khalid Hameedi, Sajjad Ahmed, Waseem Ahmed, Maroof, Samiullah, Usman Najaf, Amanullah.
Assessment of OPD patient`s satisfaction with health care services at Al-nafees medical hospital.
Isra Med J Jan ;7(3):154-9.

OBJECTIVE: To determine socio-demographic profile among the OPD patients and the overall satisfaction level of the patients utilizing the OPD. STUDY DESIGN: A descriptive cross sectional study. th th PLACE AND DURATION: Conducted in OPD of Al-Nafees Hospital Islamabad from 12 January -12 March 2015. METHODOLOGY: Through convenient sampling a closed ended structured questionnaire was employed to collect the quantitative data. OPD patients aged 18-64 who showed willingness to participate were included in the study. Indoor patients, patients below 18 and above 64 and those who were not willing were excluded. RESULTS: The study was conducted on 209 patients. Overall satisfaction level of patients with the OPD health services was 86.2%. Satisfaction level was found to be more in females than males. 42.6% had a family income of >15000 Rupees but satisfaction level with OPD services was same among respondents falling in different categories of family income. Patients with primary level of education were more satisfied. 41.1% waited 15-30 minutes for the examination by the doctor. 89% of the patients were satisfied from the registration staff. 73.3% were satisfied with doctor's service. The satisfaction level from the nurses was 64.6%. 63.3% were satisfied from the services provided by the pharmacy. 63.2% said that the medical expenses were affordable. 88% of the patients agreed upon the cleanliness of the building of the hospital and 77% stated that that signs and boards were easy to follow. CONCLUSION: In the current study it was found that majority of respondents were highly satisfied with the OPD services offered at AlNafees Hospital. Patients were satisfied with the behavior of registration staff, Physicians' communication skills, waiting time for examination, nursing care, pharmacy services and logistic arrangements.

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