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. 2020 Jun 2;13:5. doi: 10.18502/jmehm.v13i5.4070

Table 4.

The importance and observance rate of ethical case law of the patient's bill of rights in dimension receiving optional healthcare service from the perspectives of patients and health care personnel

Case Laws of Patient's
Bill of Rights
Importance Rate Observance Rate
Patients Personnel P Patients Personnel P
Receiving optimal healthcare services Respecting
patients and being
kind to them
3.81±0.52 3.81±0.42 0.40 3.07±1.03 3.32±0.59 0.14
Respecting the
patients’ beliefs
and religious and
cultural values
3.36± 1.02 3.62±0.53 0.11 3.02±0.99 3.32±.64 0.005
Being honest with
patients
3.62±0.75 3.5±0.75 0.004 2.95±1.06 3.14±.73 0.28
Non-
discrimination
among patients for
healthcare services
3.48±1.0 3.69±0.7 0.05 2.75±1.22 3.19±0.84 0.001
The skills of the
healthcare team
3.69±0.76 3.82±0.4 0.3 3.05±0.93 3.26±0.77 0.03
Paying attention to
health, therapeutic
and emotional
benefits of the
patients when
providing services
3.66±0.68 3.53±0.7 0.01 2.98±1.03 3.18±0.73 0.15
Providing well-
being facilities
3.58±0.79 3.44±0.66 0.001 2.57±1.28 2.67±1.01 0.84
Respecting
patients’ time and
providing fast
services
3.7±0.67 3.49±0.64 0.001 2.62±1.28 2.96±0.96 0.02
Paying attention to
the needs of dying
patients and their
families
3.6±0.78 3.67±0.64 0.54 2.61±1.25 3.11±0.81 0.001