Abstract

AIM: The aim of our study was to determine the knowledge of general health insurance of health workers working in the primary health care in Umraniye.
METHODS: This descriptive research performed on health workers working in 18 primary health care centers and Province Health Dirocterate in Umraniye, between September-November 2006. Study sample didn’t select and we included 250 health workers working in the primary health care centers. Study performed at 197 participants (78.8%). Study data collected by a three part questionnaire which had 43 questions. For estimating the knowledge point of general health insurance we gived one point for each of the correct answer. The data evaluated by descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskall Wallis Variance Analysis.
RESULTS: The mean age of the participants was 35.2±7.18 (min. 22, max. 55). 36.5% of participants had knowledge about general health system. The most important knowledge source was media. There were significant differences between sex, group of career and knowledge point of general health insurance (p

Key words: General health insurance, health reform, health workers, knowledge level

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