Patient Referral As a Quality Outcome of Occupational Health Practice At The Workplace in Turkey

Arif Hikmet ÇIMRIN; Esra Aydın ÖZGÜR; Nur Şafak ALICI

doi:https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.2020.826

Makale detayları

Patient Referral As a Quality Outcome of Occupational Health Practice At The Workplace in Turkey

Yazarlar:

Arif Hikmet ÇIMRIN | Esra Aydın ÖZGÜR | Nur Şafak ALICI

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Dergi:

Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences 2020 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.68-71

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000493567

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2564-7288

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.2020.826

Özet:

 

Objective: In the determination of the Workplace Health and Safety management system effectiveness, the rates of the occupational diseases, accidents or work-related diseases are the most commonly used outcome indicators. Occupational physicians  OP  may decide on consultation with various indications including diagnosis of occupational disease. Aims: The content of the referral from the workplace affects the accuracy of the consultation to be done. Methods: This study evaluates the contents of the referral documents of the patients who applied to our clinic and analyzes the approach of the OP to the referral process and health surveillance in the workplace. Results: 412  32%  cases referred by OP from 1288 patients who applied were evaluated. The most common reasons for the referral were abnormal diagnostic test results  43%  and evaluation for the possible occupational disease diagnosis  35% . The preliminary diagnosis of the occupational disease was present in the 55.3% of the referral documents. Most of the referrals  82.5%  did not contain the information about the complaints, medical and occupational history, physical examination findings and resume of the patients. There was no workplace environment measurements  93.4%  and no explanation regarding the hazards which patients were exposed in the workplace  74%  in most of the referral documents. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that OP have deficiencies in collecting and evaluating data during the health surveillance of the employees, and workplace health and safety management system should improve the function of enhancing its effectiveness.

Makale detayları

Patient Referral As a Quality Outcome of Occupational Health Practice At The Workplace in Turkey

Yazarlar: Arif Hikmet ÇIMRIN | Esra Aydın ÖZGÜR | Nur Şafak ALICI

Yayıncı: Dokuz Eylul University

Dergi: Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences 2020 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.68-71

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 2/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000493567

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

eISSN: 2564-7288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.2020.826

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Arif Hikmet ÇIMRIN | Esra Aydın ÖZGÜR | Nur Şafak ALICI

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Dergi:

Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences 2020 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.68-71

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000493567

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2564-7288

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.2020.826