Using patient experience measures to evaluate the quality of medical and nursing care in the newly established PHC units (TOMYs), in Greece


Published: Jan 18, 2021
Keywords:
Patient experiences Primary Health Care (PHC) TOMYs Greece
Olympia Konstantakopoulou
Daphne Kaitelidou
Petros Galanis
Olga Siskou
Charalambos Economou
Abstract
Primary Health Care (PHC) is an integral part of both a country’s health system and of the overall social and economic development of the community. In Greece, in an effort to improve the provision of the PHC services on a national level, the Ministry of Health established the first Local Health Units (TOMYs) in December 2017. These new PHC units aimed to contribute to the provision of quality primary care services to citizens, while at the same time favoring the health system by improving the health of the population and helping to reduce health costs. Within this context, it is important for patients/PHC services’ recipients to be able to evaluate their experiences, as accumulated during their visits at these new health PHC structures. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the quality of medical and nursing care in the newly established PHC units (TOMYs) in Greece, using patient experience measures.
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