Patients and Health Professionals' Perceptions of Primary Health Care Services in Saudi Arabia: A Scoping Review.
Abeer G AlharbiMohammed M AljuaidPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2024)
Patients were satisfied with some aspects of PHC services while recognizing that improvements in some areas were needed. These included waiting time, physician-patient communication, access to the services in rural areas, patient involvement in disease management, and oral health. Health workers were positive about certain quality aspects and services provided by PHC such as EHRs, safety culture, communicable disease management, emergency services, and laboratory services. Health workers demonstrated a low level of job satisfaction due to several reasons, including, working conditions, financial incentives, and burnout.