30 research outputs found
Client satisfaction in a faith-based health network: findings from a survey in Uganda
Background: Client satisfaction surveys are important in evaluating quality of the healthcare processes and contribute to health service improvements by assisting health program managers to develop appropriate strategies. The goal of this study was to assess clients’ level of satisfaction with services provided by private-not-for-profit member health facilities affiliated to Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau.Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study using an interviewer-administered questionnaire conducted in 254/278 (91%) of UPMB member health facilities between 27th April and 14th July 2014 among 927 clients. The tool measured ten dimensions of the care-seeking experience namely; health facility access; waiting time; health providers; support staff; rights; payments; facilities and environment; consent; confidentiality; and the overall care seeking experience. Logistic regression was utilised for multivariate analysis.Results: Overall client satisfaction was found to be high within the UPMB network (84.2%). Most of the client satisfaction dimensions were rated above 70% except payments and rights. There was evidence of association with marital status; single/ never married were 3.05 times more likely to be dissatisfied compared to widowed. Clients attending HCIII were less likely to be dissatisfied compared to those attending HCII (OR=0.51, 95% CI: 0.25-1.05). Post-secondary education (OR=1.79; 95% CI 1.01-3.17), being formally employed (OR=2.78, 95% CI: 0.91-8.48) or unemployed (OR=3.34, 95% CI: 1.00-11.17), attendance at a hospital (OR=2.15, 95% CI: 1.36- 3.41) were also associated with high dissatisfaction levels with payments.Conclusion: This study found a high level of satisfaction with services in the UPMB network but recorded low client satisfaction with the dimensions of rights and payments. Health workers should take time to explain rights and entitlement as well as charges levied to clients.Keywords: Client satisfaction, faith-based health facilities, health services, quality improvement, Ugand
Development of a fretting-fatigue mapping concept: The effect of material properties and surface treatments
Fretting-fatigue induced by combined localized cyclic contact motion and external bulk fatigue loadings may result in premature and dramatic failure of the contacting components. Depending on fretting and fatigue loading conditions, crack nucleation and possibly crack propagation can be activated. This paper proposes a procedure for estimating these two damage thresholds. The crack nucleation boundary is formalized by applying the Crossland high cycle fatigue criterion, taking into account the stress gradient and the ensuing #size##effect#. The prediction of the crack propagation condition is formalized using a short crack arrest description. Applied to an AISI 1034 steel, this methodology allows the development of an original material response fretting-fatigue map (FFM). The impact of material properties and surface treatments is investigated
Client satisfaction in a faith-based health network: findings from a survey in Uganda.
Background: Client satisfaction surveys are important in evaluating
quality of the healthcare processes and contribute to health service
improvements by assisting health program managers to develop
appropriate strategies. The goal of this study was to assess
clients\u2019 level of satisfaction with services provided by
private-not-for-profit member health facilities affiliated to Uganda
Protestant Medical Bureau. Methods: This was a cross-sectional
descriptive study using an interviewer-administered questionnaire
conducted in 254/278 (91%) of UPMB member health facilities between
27th April and 14th July 2014 among 927 clients. The tool measured ten
dimensions of the care-seeking experience namely; health facility
access; waiting time; health providers; support staff; rights;
payments; facilities and environment; consent; confidentiality; and the
overall care seeking experience. Logistic regression was utilised for
multivariate analysis. Results: Overall client satisfaction was found
to be high within the UPMB network (84.2%). Most of the client
satisfaction dimensions were rated above 70% except payments and
rights. There was evidence of association with marital status; single/
never married were 3.05 times more likely to be dissatisfied compared
to widowed. Clients attending HCIII were less likely to be dissatisfied
compared to those attending HCII (OR=0.51, 95% CI: 0.25-1.05).
Post-secondary education (OR=1.79; 95% CI 1.01-3.17), being formally
employed (OR=2.78, 95% CI: 0.91-8.48) or unemployed (OR=3.34, 95% CI:
1.00-11.17), attendance at a hospital (OR=2.15, 95% CI: 1.36- 3.41)
were also associated with high dissatisfaction levels with payments.
Conclusion: This study found a high level of satisfaction with services
in the UPMB network but recorded low client satisfaction with the
dimensions of rights and payments. Health workers should take time to
explain rights and entitlement as well as charges levied to clients
Modifications to a fretting-fatigue testing apparatus based upon an analysis of contact stresses at complete and nearly complete contacts
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