SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative Study
Background and purpose: Urban family physician was implemented as a pilot project in Fars and Mazandaran provinces in Iran since 2012. This study aimed at SWOT analysis of urban family physician from the perspective of beneficiaries. Materials and methods: This qualitative research was conducted thr...
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| author | Ghasem Abedi Aboalfazl Marvi Saied Amir Soltani Kentaie Ehsan Abedini Mehran Asadi Aliabadi Khadije Safizadehe Chamokhtari Alireza Abasi Chaleshtari |
| author_facet | Ghasem Abedi Aboalfazl Marvi Saied Amir Soltani Kentaie Ehsan Abedini Mehran Asadi Aliabadi Khadije Safizadehe Chamokhtari Alireza Abasi Chaleshtari |
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| description | Background and purpose: Urban family physician was implemented as a pilot project in Fars and Mazandaran provinces in Iran since 2012. This study aimed at SWOT analysis of urban family physician from the perspective of beneficiaries.
Materials and methods: This qualitative research was conducted through in-depth and semi-structured interviews in 2016. Nine people including faculty members, family physicians, senior managers and health professionals who were fully informed about the family physician project. They were selected via purposive sampling. Verbatim transcription of interview data was done and analyzed using framework method.
Results: The main strengths included health services provision, easy accessibility to health services, classification of services, and decrease in unnecessary costs. The weak points according to SWOT analysis included management and planning, human resources, physical resources, referral system, electronic health records, payment mechanism, health services purchasing organizations, intersectoral coordination, and assessment and control systems. Authorities’ support, legal backing, educated human resources, and capacity of private section along public section were identified as the opportunities of the project. Furthermore, failure in public-private sector cooperation, health market and, society needs were considered as the threats.
Conclusion: This study showed the strengths and weaknesses of family physician plan, and the opportunities and threats it is faced with. Hence, it is necessary to find solutions and perform necessary interventions in order to eliminate the weaknesses and threats and maintain and improve the strengths and opportunities before its implementation throughout the country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-783c75a32288461d8206be2b0353ffe52023-01-25T07:43:27ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792017-12-01271557993SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative StudyGhasem Abedi0Aboalfazl Marvi1Saied Amir Soltani Kentaie2Ehsan Abedini3Mehran Asadi Aliabadi4Khadije Safizadehe Chamokhtari5Alireza Abasi Chaleshtari6 Associate Professor, Department of Healthcare Management, Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran MSc Student in Health Care Management, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, sari, Iran MSc Student in Health Care Management, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, sari, Iran PhD Student in Health Care Management, Student Research Committee, Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran PhD student of Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health research center وIran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran MSc Student in Health Care Management, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, sari, Iran PhD student of Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health research center وIran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background and purpose: Urban family physician was implemented as a pilot project in Fars and Mazandaran provinces in Iran since 2012. This study aimed at SWOT analysis of urban family physician from the perspective of beneficiaries. Materials and methods: This qualitative research was conducted through in-depth and semi-structured interviews in 2016. Nine people including faculty members, family physicians, senior managers and health professionals who were fully informed about the family physician project. They were selected via purposive sampling. Verbatim transcription of interview data was done and analyzed using framework method. Results: The main strengths included health services provision, easy accessibility to health services, classification of services, and decrease in unnecessary costs. The weak points according to SWOT analysis included management and planning, human resources, physical resources, referral system, electronic health records, payment mechanism, health services purchasing organizations, intersectoral coordination, and assessment and control systems. Authorities’ support, legal backing, educated human resources, and capacity of private section along public section were identified as the opportunities of the project. Furthermore, failure in public-private sector cooperation, health market and, society needs were considered as the threats. Conclusion: This study showed the strengths and weaknesses of family physician plan, and the opportunities and threats it is faced with. Hence, it is necessary to find solutions and perform necessary interventions in order to eliminate the weaknesses and threats and maintain and improve the strengths and opportunities before its implementation throughout the country.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9716-en.htmlurban physician familyswotreferral systemelectronic health recordspayment mechanism |
| spellingShingle | Ghasem Abedi Aboalfazl Marvi Saied Amir Soltani Kentaie Ehsan Abedini Mehran Asadi Aliabadi Khadije Safizadehe Chamokhtari Alireza Abasi Chaleshtari SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative Study Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences urban physician family swot referral system electronic health records payment mechanism |
| title | SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full | SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative Study |
| title_fullStr | SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative Study |
| title_short | SWOT Analysis of Implementation of Urban Family Physician Plan from the Perspective of Beneficiaries: A Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | swot analysis of implementation of urban family physician plan from the perspective of beneficiaries a qualitative study |
| topic | urban physician family swot referral system electronic health records payment mechanism |
| url | http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9716-en.html |
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