Stručni rad
Health Services Management in Qatar
Abdulbari Bener
; Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Hamad General Hospital, Medical Corporation, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, State of Qatar
Ahmed Al Mazroei
; Executive Director Facilites Development Division, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, State of Qatar
Sažetak
Aim To assess health care delivery system in the State of
Qatar and audit it according to the Joint Commission International
(JCI) standard.
Methods The data for this retrospective descriptive study
were taken from the Annual Health Report of the National
Health Authority and Hamad Medical Corporation and various
additional sources like World Health Organization reports,
Annual Report of Saudi Arabia, and Compendium of
Health Statistics, UK. Population per physician, per general
practitioner, and per hospital bed, and nurses per physician
ratio were calculated.
Results In 2008, the population per physician in Qatar was
444; the population per general practitioner (GP) was 949;
the population per hospital bed was 716; and nurses per
physician ratio was 2.6. During the last decade, the population
of Qatar has more than doubled, which has resulted
in a similar increase in the number of health care providers;
moreover, many initiatives launched in cooperation
with internationally recognized institutions have greatly
improved the quality of the health service. The weighted
mean number of visits for 100 population was calculated
for the UK and Qatar, taking into consideration the difference
in age and sex structure. After comparison with the
UK data, population/GP ratio for Qatar should be 1193.
Conclusion The Qatar health system has improved in the
last decade, but there is still the need for more medical
workers in primary health care.
Ključne riječi
Health Services; Performance; Primary Health Care; General Practitioner; Physician visit; Qatar; UK
Hrčak ID:
53510
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.2.2010.
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