Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2014
Abstract
Little is known about how patients and lay population perceive general practitioners (GPs), how they evaluate and recognize them. The aim of the survey was to explore attitudes of people towardsGPs and their performance, towards their role in mediating a specialized care, a journey through the health care systém and towards their competences.
An attention was paid to waiting times for specialist consultations, to pharmacies with regards to prescriptions administered by GPs, to a possible extension of prescribing competence of GPs and to OTC shopping in pharmacies. The survey showed a high level of patient satisfaction with GPs, with their availability and the way how they refer patients to specialized care.