Ā | Specialists (nā=ā282) | GP* (nā=ā141) | Rural GP (nā=ā62) | Others (nā=ā28) | PGY** (nā=ā36) | Fellows (nā=ā58) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q. 18 Do you know what is the Integrated Networks of Healthcare Services (RPIS)? | ||||||
āYes | 74% | 79% | 76% | 82% | 78% | 81% |
āNo | 4% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 11% |
āNot Sure | 19% | 13% | 22% | 11% | 17% | 8% |
āVaguely | 3% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
Q. 19 How much do you know about the National Code of Health (COES) | ||||||
āDonāt know | 2% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 7% |
āHavenāt read it, just heard about it and I Know a little | 28% | 34% | 32% | 21% | 25% | 26% |
āHavenāt read it, just heard about it and I Donāt know nothing | 10% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 11% | 14% |
āRead it by parts and know part of it | 51% | 45% | 50% | 50% | 61% | 45% |
āRead it and I know it all | 8% | 7% | 5% | 21% | 0% | 9% |
Q. 20 Do you think is necessary to have a medical malpractice law in Ecuador? | ||||||
āYes | 79% | 67% | 73% | 86% | 61% | 74% |
āNo. | 11% | 23% | 15% | 7% | 22% | 13% |
āOther response | 11% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 17% | 13% |
Q. 24 What is your perception of the usefulness of the National Chart of Basic Drugs in Ecuador (CNMB) | ||||||
āVery useful | 2.1% | 4.1% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 3.0% |
āUseful | 10.1% | 14.5% | 26.1% | 15.4% | 4.2% | 2.0% |
āUnlikely to be useful | 11.8% | 9.5% | 5.4% | 23.1% | 16.7% | 13.1% |
āLimits access to medicines | 34.2% | 34.1% | 32.6% | 23.1% | 33.3% | 32.3% |
āExcludes Important medicines | 28.0% | 28.6% | 28.3% | 21.5% | 37.5% | 37.4% |
āIncludes no recommended drugs | 8.9% | 5.0% | 4.3% | 6.2% | 2.1% | 8.1% |
āImproves the correct use of medicines | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 6.3% | 4.0% |
āUnknow Information | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Q. 25 What is your opinion about the generic medicines that are marketed in Ecuador? | ||||||
āSame Quality as Brand Medicines | 5% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 0% | 8% |
āMost of them are good | 33% | 46% | 47% | 91% | 100% | 92% |
āMost of them are bad | 63% | 49% | 45% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Q. 33 Do you agree that all medical students after completing their degree have to take a qualification exam before practicing? | ||||||
āYes | 72% | 71% | 93% | 92% | 80% | 71% |
āNo | 28% | 29% | 7% | 8% | 20% | 29% |
Q. 34 Do you think that specialists and general practitioners should undertake a āre-certificationā process every 5āyears? | ||||||
āYes, with an exam | 7.4% | 9.9% | 11.3% | 3.6% | 11.1% | 5.2% |
āYes, throughout CME | 75.9% | 70.2% | 54.8% | 75.0% | 72.2% | 75.9% |
āOther | 2.5% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 10.3% |
āNo | 14.2% | 19.9% | 30.6% | 17.9% | 13.9% | 8.6% |
Q. 35 How good or bad represented do you feel by the Ecuadorian Medical Federation (FME) | ||||||
āExtremely Bad | 18.1% | 11.3% | 14.5% | 21.4% | 13.9% | 25.9% |
āVery Bad | 11.0% | 9.2% | 3.2% | 14.3% | 2.8% | 3.4% |
āBad | 14.9% | 16.3% | 22.6% | 10.7% | 30.6% | 29.3% |
āNeither good/bad | 34.0% | 37.6% | 33.9% | 32.1% | 44.4% | 29.3% |
āGood | 14.5% | 18.4% | 22.6% | 17.9% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
āVery Good | 5.0% | 7.1% | 1.6% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
āExtremely good | 2.5% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7% |
Q. 36 In general, what do you think about the scientific quality level of Ecuadorian scientific societies? | ||||||
āExtremely Bad | 7.8% | 0.6% | 6.4% | 10.6% | 14.2% | 5.2% |
āVery Bad | 5.0% | 16.6% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 0.5% | 5.2% |
āBad | 16.0% | 14.6% | 21.0% | 7.1% | 22.7% | 22.4% |
āNeither good/bad | 42.6% | 35.0% | 37.1% | 38.9% | 51.1% | 43.1% |
āGood | 18.4% | 21.7% | 27.4% | 38.9% | 8.5% | 15.5% |
āVery Good | 8.9% | 10.8% | 4.8% | 0.8% | 2.8% | 8.6% |
āExtremely good | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
Q. 38 If you were asked, would you be willing to attend certain number of patients from the public health system at no charge at your private medical practice? for free in your private practice? | ||||||
ā1/week | 11.3% | 11.3% | 8.1% | 7.1% | 16.7% | 12.1% |
ā2/week | 14.2% | 19.1% | 11.3% | 7.1% | 5.6% | 6.9% |
ā3 /week | 12.8% | 19.1% | 12.9% | 10.7% | 8.3% | 17.2% |
ā4/week | 31.9% | 34.8% | 54.8% | 50.0% | 52.8% | 34.5% |
āNone | 29.8% | 15.6% | 12.9% | 25.0% | 16.7% | 29.3% |