1. [Evaluation of patient satisfaction with the quality of health care received within the EORTC IN-PATSAT32 trial by patients with breast and colorectal cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma at different stages. Correlation with sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities and other procedural variables at the Mexican Institute of Social Security].
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Balderas-Peña LM, Sat-Muñoz D, Contreras-Hernández I, Solano-Murillo P, Hernández-Chávez GA, Mariscal-Ramírez I, Lomelí-García M, Díaz-Cortés MA, Mould-Quevedo JF, Castro-Cervantes JM, Garcés-Ruiz OM, and Morgan-Villela G
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- Adult, Aged, Attitude of Health Personnel, Breast Neoplasms epidemiology, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Clinical Competence, Colorectal Neoplasms epidemiology, Colorectal Neoplasms pathology, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Services Research, Humans, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin epidemiology, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin pathology, Male, Mexico epidemiology, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Nurse-Patient Relations, Patient Education as Topic, Perception, Physician-Patient Relations, Academies and Institutes statistics & numerical data, Breast Neoplasms drug therapy, Colorectal Neoplasms drug therapy, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin therapy, National Health Programs statistics & numerical data, Patient Satisfaction statistics & numerical data, Quality of Health Care, Social Security statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires
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Introduction: In Mexico cancer is a public health burden. Nowadays the health care systems pay special attention to patient's perception and satisfaction of the health care received. Satisfaction with quality of health care has an impact in the adherence to the treatment., Objective: To evaluate the satisfaction with the quality of health care received at the IMSS in a group of cancer patients [non Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), breast and colorectal cancer]. Socio-demographic features, co-morbid diseases, and attendance processes impact on satisfaction are also evaluated., Results: 476 cancer patients were studied: 314 with breast cancer, 92 with NHL and 70 with colorectal cancer. In women with breast cancer the mean score to nurses' interpersonal skills in non-classified disease group and clinical stage III group were: 73.64 ± 32.53, 90.00 ± 18.25 respectively (p=0.005), nurses' availability in non-classified and clinical stage III group were: 69.71 ± 30.25, 89.21 ± 19.00 respectively (p=0.003). In subjects with NHL the mean scores for doctors' technical skills in clinical stage I and III groups, were: 63.69 ± 37.78, 80.30 ± 18.46 respectively (p=0.017), doctors' information provision scores in subject in clinical stage I and IV were: 49.40 ± 40.75, 79.49 ± 24.63 respectively (p=0.043). In the group of colorectal cancer patients the mean of the score to exchange of information between clinical stage II and clinical stage III group were 50.00 ± 41.83, 84.21 ± 22.37 respectively (p=0.036). Were not observed association between attendance processes features and general satisfaction., Conclusions: In Mexico 50% of cancer patients are attended at the IMSS. The continued evaluation of the satisfaction with health care received by the health care service users is important to enhance attention's quality., (Copyright © 2011 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2011
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