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. 2017 Jan-Mar;6(1):21-26.
doi: 10.4103/2279-042X.200995.

Patients'/Clients' Expectation Toward and Satisfaction from Pharmacy Services

Mohammed Biset Ayalew  1 , Kaleab Taye  2 , Daniel Asfaw  3 , Bethlehem Lemma  4 , Filagot Dadi  4 , Habtamu Solomon  4 , Haile Tazeze  4 , Bayew Tsega  1
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Patients'/Clients' Expectation Toward and Satisfaction from Pharmacy Services

Mohammed Biset Ayalew et al. J Res Pharm Pract. 2017 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Objective: Satisfaction is becoming a popular health-care quality indicator as it reflects the reality of service or care provided. The aim of this study was to assess the level of patients' expectation toward and satisfaction from pharmacy service provided and to identify associated factor that might affect their expectation and satisfaction.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 287 patients, who were served in five pharmacies of Gondar University Hospital in May 2015. Data regarding socio-demographic characteristics and parameters that measure patients' expectation and satisfaction were collected through interview using the Amharic version of the questionnaire. Data were entered into SPSS version 21, and descriptive statistics, cross-tabs, and binary logistic regressions were utilized. P < 0.05 was used to declare association.

Findings: Among 287 respondents involved in the study, 149 (51.9%) claimed to be satisfied with the pharmacy service and setting. Two hundred and twenty-nine (79.4%) respondents have high expectation toward gaining good services. Even though significant association was observed between the pharmacy type and patients level of satisfaction, sociodemographic characteristics of a patient were not found to predict the level of satisfaction. There is a higher level of expectation among study participants who earn higher income per month (>(2000 Ethiopian birr [ETB]) than those who get less income (<1000 ETB).

Conclusion: Although patients have a higher level of expectation toward pharmacy services, their satisfaction from the service was found to be low.

Keywords: Ethiopia; expectation; pharmaceutical services; satisfaction; service quality.

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