Developing Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool for Health System: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Ali Vafaee Najar1, Damoon Gorji2, Hoorang Nazari Ardabili3
1Social Determinates of Health Research Center Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.
Background And Aims:
The role of the healthcare system in the provision, maintenance, and promotion of public health is associated with handling healthcare complaints. This notion as the principle of accountability requires the authorities' attention. This study aimed to develop the Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool (HCAT) in Iran.
Methods:
Following a comprehensive review of the country and field studies conducted in the Medical System Organization and Universities of Medical Sciences, the features of patients' complaints were extracted from medical centers and hospitals. Then, experts who were experienced in health and medical areas localized HCAT through translation and re-translation process using the Delphi technique. Finally, the healthcare complaints were classified according to the localized HCAT components.
Result:
Using HCAT showed that in Iran's healthcare system, complaints were related to relative frequency and percentage of all types of complaints. However, there is a lack of a mechanized registration system, investigation, analysis, and classification of healthcare complaints.
Conclusions:
Providing medical centers with such a system by the ministry of health and mandatory reporting of complaints may lead to coding complaints, measure the severity of complaints, service monitoring and organizational learning.
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