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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Family Medicine and Primary Care
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1455807

Family Physician Service Quality and Sustainability: A Roadmap for Pakistan's Healthcare Sector

Provisionally accepted
Saifullah Hakro Saifullah Hakro 1*Zhiqiang Ma Zhiqiang Ma 1*Mingxing Li Mingxing Li 1*M Qasim Maqbool M Qasim Maqbool 2*
  • 1 Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
  • 2 University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan

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    Introduction: Family medicine consultants have increased during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the study of family medicine services lacking in Pakistani content. Therefore this study aims to investigate family physician services in Pakistan.Methods: We collected data using snowball and purposive sampling to meet study goals. A questionnaire was used to collect data from family physician consultations exclusively. Data were examined using the Smart PLS structural equation model to test the study model's reliability and validity.The study findings show that using resource utilization and allocation, utilization of technology, professionalism improvement, medical attention, cooperation, and caring were positively significant to employee welfare and assistance in the family medicine services. These dimensions are also positively significant to community involvement and advocacy for sustainable development of family medical services in Pakistan. The study concluded that doctors' resource utilization, professionalism, medical attention, cooperation, and quality and facilitating outcomes evaluation can help family medicine services flourish. These indicators may enhance staff satisfaction, community involvement, and family physician service sustainability.

    Keywords: family medicine, Quality and Facility, Professionalism, Technology, Community Health, Cooperation and Care, Sustainability Family Medicine, sustainability

    Received: 06 Sep 2024; Accepted: 12 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Hakro, Ma, Li and Maqbool. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Saifullah Hakro, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
    Zhiqiang Ma, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
    Mingxing Li, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
    M Qasim Maqbool, University of Okara, Okara, 56300, Pakistan

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