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. 2018 Dec 31;13(12):e0209816. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209816

Table 4. Categories of “management of patients” perspective.

Public primary health care institutions Private primary health care institutions
Categories Content of category Categories Content of category
Expectations and needs Patient satisfaction High quality and timely satisfying needs Expectations Patient’s expectation satisfaction
Orientation to patients Services oriented to the patient, closer to the patient Value proposition Value creation for patient Standard of service for patient
Satisfaction The patient and his/her satisfaction Satisfaction Patient satisfaction
Management of services The required volume of services Management of services Patient demographic structure and health care services Effective solution of patient’s problems (social, medical) Patients, their attraction, and retention
Alternatives of choice The patient chose a specialist, rather than an health care organization
Responsibilities Patient’s responsibility for health Patients’ views on “medicine for free”
Communication Communication with the patient