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ASSESSMENT OF THE CHILEAN RURAL PRACTITIONER PROGRAM BY ITS PARTICIPATING PHYSICIANS

Evaluación de experiencia de participantes en estrategia de dotación de médicos generales en zonas rurales.

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dc.contributorColegio Médico de Chile, Regional Santiagoes-ES
dc.creatorRamírez, Jorge; Universidad Diego Portales
dc.creatorRivera, Pablo; Universitat de Barcelona
dc.creatorBecerra, Carlos; Servicio de Salud del Reloncaví
dc.creatorPeña, Sebastián; National Institute for Health and Welfare
dc.creatorArteaga, Oscar; Universidad de Chile
dc.date2016-03-29
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-11T18:27:03Z
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dc.identifierhttp://www.revistamedicadechile.cl/ojs/index.php/rmedica/article/view/4376
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/110972
dc.descriptionBackground: Rural areas have scarce medical resources. Initiatives to address this situation in Latin America exist, but have been poorly evaluated. The Chilean Rural Practitioner Program, a policy of recruitment and retention of physicians in rural areas, has been stable over time. Aim: To examine how physicians who participate in this program evaluate it. Material and methods: Nationally representative cross sectional study. Physicians were chosen to respond online or by telephone a specially designed questionnaire about the Program. Results: 202 participants answered (response rate of 60%). The overall experience was evaluated with 5.75 points (in a 1 to 7 scale). Participants gave the best scores to climatic conditions and economic income, and rated infrastructure, human resources and workload the worst. The evaluation of social relationships at the destination place was the only condition associated significantly with the overall assessment of the experience. Seventy percent of physicians would return to the destination place as a specialist. The value given to social relations and infrastructure were associated positively with this potential return. Conclusions: Overall, the experience was positively evaluated. This study provides information to improve retention policies for human resources for health care in rural areas.en-US
dc.descriptionBackground: Rural areas have scarce medical resources. Initiatives to address this situation in Latin America exist, but have been poorly evaluated. The Chilean Rural Practitioner Program, a policy of recruitment and retention of physicians in rural areas, has been stable over time. Aim: To examine how physicians who participate in this program evaluate it. Material and methods: Nationally representative cross sectional study. Physicians were chosen to respond online or by telephone a specially designed questionnaire about the Program. Results: 202 participants answered (response rate of 60%). The overall experience was evaluated with 5.75 points (in a 1 to 7 scale). Participants gave the best scores to climatic conditions and economic income, and rated infrastructure, human resources and workload the worst. The evaluation of social relationships at the destination place was the only condition associated significantly with the overall assessment of the experience. Seventy percent of physicians would return to the destination place as a specialist. The value given to social relations and infrastructure were associated positively with this potential return. Conclusions: Overall, the experience was positively evaluated. This study provides information to improve retention policies for human resources for health care in rural areas.es-ES
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dc.publisherRevista Médica de Chilees-ES
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dc.sourceRevista Médica de Chile; Vol. 144, núm. 4 (2016): ABRIL 2016es-ES
dc.source0034-9887
dc.subjectHealth policy; National Health Programs; Primary Health care; Rural Health Servicesen-US
dc.subjectHealth policy; National Health Programs; Primary Health care; Rural Health Serviceses-ES
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF THE CHILEAN RURAL PRACTITIONER PROGRAM BY ITS PARTICIPATING PHYSICIANSen-US
dc.titleEvaluación de experiencia de participantes en estrategia de dotación de médicos generales en zonas rurales.es-ES
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