The aim of this study is to determine the adults perspective about family medicine and the status of service utilization. This descriptive study was conducted on 485 adults aged 18 and over in the city center of Kayseri Province.
The mean age of the study sample was 41.9±14.3 and 46.4% of the sample was male. Of the group, 50.1% of them thought that they had enough knowledge about family medicine practices. When family members or they have any health problem 49.7% of them usually prefer their family physicians. 23.9% of the study group didnt know if they had the right to choose and change their family physicians. The rate of people who had already changed their family physician was 12, 0% and 9.5% of them intended to change. The proportion of the women who knew their family medicine personnel was 27.2%, only 12.4% of them stated that they had been visited at home. The rate of the people who had found the family medicine practice as successful was 61.8 % and also 83.1 % mentioned that it is an appropriate health care system for our country. When the utilization status of 1693 family members from family physicians; the application rate was found to be 76.3%. This rate is significantly high in women, old age people and children.
We found that people dont prefer family medicine as a place of first application although they have more or less knowledge about family medicine. Most of them didnt get enough preventive services from their physicians.
Key words: Health Transformation, family medicine, application, health services Article Language: Turkish English
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