Daily Workload And Service Profile Of Family Physicians In Turkey: A Snapshot Of One-Day Work

Year 2020, Volume 12, Issue 2, 175 - 182, 04.06.2020

Erdinç YAVUZ Muhteşem Erol YAYLA Emrah KIRIMLI Uğur BİLGE Sercan BULUT ÇELİK Hatice Füsun DEMİRTAŞ İlhami ÜNLÜOĞLU Okay BAŞAK

https://doi.org/10.18521/ktd.659576

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to determine the daily workload and to analyze the content of workload, to describe the service profile of FPs working in primary care in Turkey. Methods: The study design is descriptive and cross-sectional. A total of 28 FPs from 17 different cities were enrolled into the study. Two surveys, one inquiring the demographic properties of FPs participated and a second encounter form with 43 items inquiring all aspects of FPs’ workload were filled by the participants. Results: A total of 1,215 visits were reported. The average daily workload of FPs participating was 45.7± 16.8 visits. 92.5% of all patients were family physicians’ own registered patients while 7.5% of them were guests. A total of 1,610 RFEs were reported. We categorized them as prescription requests (451, 28%), clinical complaints (447, 27.8%), preventive medicine services (436, 27%), administrative reasons (161, %10) and other reasons (115, 7.2%). Essential hypertension and diseases of musculoskeletal system were the most common diagnoses in prescription requests. Sore throat and cough were the top two clinical complaints. Conclusions: FPs in Turkey are under severe pressure. Prescription requests account for an important percentage of this workload. Measures should be taken to lessen this burden.

Keywords

Primary health care, Family physician, Workload

Türkiye’de Aile Hekimlerinin İş Yükü Ve Hizmet Analizi: Bir Günlük Fotoğraf

Abstract

Amaç:Bu çalışma, Türkiye'de birinci basamakta çalışan aile hekimlerinin günlük iş yükünü belirlemeyi, iş yükünün içeriğini analiz etmeyi ve hizmet profilinitanımlamayı amaçlamaktadır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma tasarımı tanımlayıcı ve kesitseldir. Çalışmaya 17 farklı şehirden toplam 28 aile hekimi dahil edilmiştir. Biri aile hekimlerinin demografik özelliklerini, diğeri ise iş yüklerini 43 maddede tüm yönleri ile sorgulayan iki anket katılımcılar tarafından doldurulmuştur.Bulgular: İlgili gün içerisinde toplam 1215 muayene kaydı bildirildi. Katılan aile hekimlerinin günlük ortalama iş yükü 45,7 ± 16,8 muayenedir. Tüm hastaların% 92,5'i aile hekimlerinin kendi kayıtlı hastalarıyken % 7,5'i misafirdir. Toplam 1610 başvuru sebebi rapor edilmiştir. Bunlar reçete talepleri (451, % 28), klinik şikayetler (447, % 27.8), koruyucu hekimlik hizmetleri (436, % 27), idari nedenler (161, % 10) ve diğer nedenler (115, % 7.2)olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. Esansiyel hipertansiyon ve kas-iskelet sistemi hastalıkları reçete taleplerinde en sık görülen tanılardır. Boğaz ağrısı ve öksürük en sık görülen iki klinik şikayettir.Sonuç: Türkiye'deki aile hekimleri iş yükü açısından ciddi baskı altındadır. Reçete talepleri bu iş yükünün önemli bir yüzdesini oluşturmaktadır. Bu yükü azaltmak için önlemler alınmalıdır

Keywords

Birinci basamak sağlık hizmeti, Aile hekimi, İş yükü

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