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Surgery and trauma care providers' perception of the impact of dual-practice employment on quality of care provided in an Andean country

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dc.contributor.author LaGrone, L. N.
dc.contributor.author Isquith-Dicker, L. N.
dc.contributor.author Huaman Egoavil, E.
dc.contributor.author Herrera-Matta, J. J.
dc.contributor.author Fuhs, A. K.
dc.contributor.author Ortega Checa, D.
dc.contributor.author Revoredo, F.
dc.contributor.author Rodríguez Castro, Manuel Jorge Augusto
dc.contributor.author Mock, C. N.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-25T16:03:21Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-25T16:03:21Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4770
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Dual-practice, simultaneous employment by healthcare workers in the public and private sectors is pervasive worldwide. Although an estimated 30 per cent of the global burden of disease is surgical, the implications of dual practice on surgical care are not well understood. METHODS: Anonymous in-depth individual interviews on trauma quality improvement practices were conducted with healthcare providers who participate in the care of the injured at ten large hospitals in Peru's capital city, Lima. A grounded theory approach to qualitative data analysis was employed to identify salient themes. RESULTS: Fifty interviews were conducted. A group of themes that emerged related to the perceived negative and positive impacts of dual practice on the quality of surgical care. Participants asserted that the majority of physicians in Lima working in the public sector also worked in the private sector. Dual practice has negative impacts on physicians' time, quality of care in the public sector, and surgical education. Dual practice positively affects patient care by allowing physicians to acquire management and quality improvement skills, and providing incentives for research and academic productivity. In addition, dual practice provides opportunities for clinical innovations and raises the economic status of the physician. CONCLUSION: Surgeons in Peru report that dual practice influences patient care negatively by creating time and human resource conflicts. Participants assert that these conflicts widen the gap in quality of care between rich and poor. This practice warrants redirection through national-level regulation of physician schedules and reorganization of public investment in health via physician remuneration. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Oxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries British Journal of Surgery
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Attitude of Health Personnel en_US
dc.subject Emergency Medicine en_US
dc.subject Clinical Competence/standards en_US
dc.subject Cross-Sectional Studies en_US
dc.subject Delivery of Health Care en_US
dc.subject Diffusion of Innovation en_US
dc.subject Employment/psychology en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Income en_US
dc.subject Motivation en_US
dc.subject Practice Patterns, Physicians en_US
dc.subject Private Sector en_US
dc.subject Public Sector en_US
dc.subject Quality of Health Care en_US
dc.subject Surgeons/psychology/standards en_US
dc.title Surgery and trauma care providers' perception of the impact of dual-practice employment on quality of care provided in an Andean country en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.10478
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.11
dc.relation.issn 1365-2168


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