tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Iraqi health system in kurdistan region: medical professionals’ perspectives on challenges and priorities for improvement"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Iraqi health system in kurdistan region: medical professionals’ perspectives on challenges and priorities for improvement. | Shabila et al. Conflict and Health 2010 4 19 http content 4 1 19 I CONFLICT AND HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Iraqi health system in kurdistan region medical professionals perspectives on challenges and priorities for improvement D I I T 1 I T TV I r Ct- I _ I nmí p 7 I 2 F ì I I h_I CI llA TV li2 A A I I A 1 I T l A A a. f 1 I .7 7 I I c A I I_I T 1 i e u i 1 Nazar P Siiabila Namir G Al-Tawil nebaz lanir raian H Siiwani Abubakir M Saleh Tariq S Al-Hadithi Abstract Background The views of medical professionals on efficiency of health system and needs for any changes are very critical and constitute a cornerstone for any health system improvement. This is particularly relevant to Iraqi Kurdistan case as the events of the last few decades have significantly devastated the national Iraqi health system while the necessity for adopting a new health care system is increasingly recognized since 2004. This study aims to examine the regional health system in Iraqi Kurdistan from medical professionals perspectives and try to define its problems and priorities for improvement. Methods A survey questionnaire was developed and administered to a convenience sample of 250 medical professionals in Erbil governorate. The questionnaire included four items rating of the quality of services and availability of resources in the health institutions view on different aspects of the health system the perceived priority needs for health system improvement and gender and professional characteristics of the respondents. Results The response rate to the survey was . A high proportion of respondents rated the different aspects of services and resources in the health institutions as weak or very weak including the availability of the required quantity and quality of medicines the availability of sufficient medical equipment and investigation tools and the quality of offered services . Around 72 of respondents had a rather negative view on the overall