EVALUATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES: STUDENTS POINT OF VIEW

Authors

  • J. Ciburene Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
  • G. Ciburaite Lithuanian University of Health Science, Kaunas, Lithuania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31498/2225-6725.30.2015.74174

Keywords:

health care services, primary health care services, health indicators, labour force, Lithuania

Abstract

The health of a country's population is one of the key elements of human capital and economic development. A healthy and economically active population of a country can productively use its competencies in economic activities, increasing work productivity, improving their qualifications and overall functioning score (economic outcomes). The aim of this research is to characterize the changes of health care sector services in Lithuania in the context of the European Union Member States (EU-27) in the period of year 2005-2013 according by income quintiles, to describe the cause and level of satisfaction / dissatisfaction with these services in Lithuania, separating groups by income quintile; and to introduce the results of the questionnaire survey, describing patients – medical students – opinion about given primary health care services. Year 2005 was chosen as a base year for the comparison of statistical data.
The answers given in the study characterize the quality of health care institutions and doctors services. It has showed that 97.3 % of the youth trust doctors, it means that they are satisfied by the quality level of health care services and it meets the patients’ – medical students’ expectations.

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2015-09-03

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Ciburene, J., & Ciburaite, G. (2015). EVALUATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES: STUDENTS POINT OF VIEW. REPORTER OF THE PRIAZOVSKYI STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Section: Economic Sciences, (30), 85–92. https://doi.org/10.31498/2225-6725.30.2015.74174

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No. 30 (2015): ВІСНИК ПРИАЗОВСЬКОГО ДЕРЖАВНОГО ТЕХНІЧНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ. СЕРІЯ: ЕКОНОМІЧНІ НАУКИ

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