Group visit: Blatant Violation of Patient Rights and a Stigma Attached to Health System Responsiveness
Abstract
Objective: Health is the basic and definite right of the human being so we aimed to outline a concern about patient rights of gynecologists.
Results and conclusion: Considering the above mentioned facts, “stewardship” function of the health system requires the immediate legislation and strict monitoring to remove this stigma of malfunctioning responsiveness. Policymakers and planning authorities of the health system should pay particular attention to the legitimate and rightful demands of the patients. Considering the mere patients’ satisfaction percentage is not enough. By addressing the various dimensions of responsiveness, they must seek to improve the quality of the care provided. One of the first steps can be inhibiting “group visit”, especially in disciplines such as gynecology and women's urology.
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3. Meier BM. Human Rights in the World Health Organization: Views of the Director-General Candidates. Health Hum Rights. 2017;19(1):293-8. [PubMed ID:28630561]. [PubMed Central ID:PMC5473058].
4. World health organization. Improving Performance. Geneva; 2000. Available from: The world health report 2000, Health Systems: Improving Performance.
5. Chisholm D, Evans DB. Improving health system efficiency as a means of moving towards universal coverage. World Health Rep. 2010;28:33.
6. Jones AM, Rice N, Robone S, Dias PR. Inequality and polarisation in health systems’ responsiveness: a cross-country analysis. J Health Econ. 2011;30(4):616-25. [PubMed ID:21696839]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.05.003.
7. Valentine NB, de Silva A, Kawabata K, Darby C, Murray CJ, Evans DB. Health system responsiveness: concepts, domains and operationalization, Health systems performance assessment: debates, methods and empiricism. WHO. 2003;96.
8. Shafati M, Zahedi MJ. Physician-patient relationship: ethnography of multiple patient visits at private offices of doctors. J Qualitative Res Health Sci. 2013;2(1):46-61.
9. Mahdavi M, Parsaeian M, Jaafaripooyan E, Ghaffari S. Recent Iranian Health System Reform: An Operational Perspective to Improve Health Services Quality. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(1):70-4. [PubMed ID:29325404]. [PubMed Central ID:PMC5745869]. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.89.
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11. Sheikhbardsiri H, Esamaeili Abdar Z, Sheikhasadi H, Ayoubi Mahani S, Sarani A. Observance of patients’ rights in emergency department of educational hospitals in south-east Iran. Int J Human Rights Healthcare. 2020;13(5):435-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhrh-09-2019-0072.
12. Ghoddoosi-Nejad D, Jannati A, Doshmangir L, Arab-Zozani M,Imani A. Stewardship as a Fundamental Challenge in Strategic Purchasing of Health Services: A Case Study of Iran. Value Health Reg Issues. 2019;18:54-8. [PubMed ID:30445336]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2018.06.005.
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/htaa.v9i1.17865 | |
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GhoddoosiNejad J, Arab-Zozani M. Group visit: Blatant Violation of Patient Rights and a Stigma Attached to Health System Responsiveness. Health Tech Ass Act. 2025;9(1).
