Health System in Egypt

Gericke, Christian A.; Britain, Kaylee; Elmahdawy, Mahmoud; Elsisi, Gihan Hamdy

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6419-8_7-2

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“…Although the public health system in Egypt provides basic universal coverage, it is plagued by chronic underfunding, low service quality and high out-of-pocket payments. With only 4.75% of GDP spent on health, total health expenditure in Egypt is low compared to other lower-middle-income countries (Gericke et al , 2018). According to the Egyptian Medical Syndicate, half the country’s doctors, or 110,000 out of 220,000 registered doctors, have left the country (Alfanar Media.…”

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Gender, diversity management perceptions, workplace happiness and organisational citizenship behaviour

Mousa

Massoud

Ayoubi

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether females have different perceptions of diversity management and workplace happiness compared to their male colleagues. Furthermore, the paper explores whether diversity management perceptions mediate the relationship between workplace happiness and organisational citizenship behaviour.Design/methodology/approachA total of 260 questionnaires from a number of public hospitals in Egypt were analysed using both t-test and Structural Equation Modelling.FindingsWe found that female physicians perceive diversity management policies/protocols more positively than their male colleagues. Moreover, gender has no or little effect on physicians’ perceptions of workplace happiness. We also found that workplace happiness positively affects physicians’ organisational citizenship behaviour, and finally, diversity management practices can mediate the relationship between workplace happiness and physicians’ organisational citizenship behaviour.Practical implicationsWe believe that managers can raise the feeling of workplace happiness among their staff if they maintain some personal relationships with physicians, care about the physicians’ work/life balance, promote after work gatherings, initiate coffee time talks, encourage open communication practices and more.Originality/valueThe paper is based on the argument that although employees might be happy in the workplace through (engagement, job satisfaction, affective commitment), their happiness, however,will unlikely be reflected into a positive organisational citizenship behaviour towards their organisation, except (social exchange theory) they feel or perceive (equity theory) the overall practices of diversity management in that organisation positively. Thus, studying the mediating effect of perceptions towards diversity management is mainly our contribution.

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confidence: 99%

Gender, diversity management perceptions, workplace happiness and organisational citizenship behaviour

Mousa

Massoud

Ayoubi

2020

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“…The Egyptian government usually procures medicines for use within the public sector at relatively low prices compared to private sector prices. Procurement of pharmaceutical products in the public sector follows a Tender Drug List (TDL) system [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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Pharmaceutical policies and regulations of oral antiviral drugs for treatment of hepatitis C in Egypt—case study

Teaima

Al-Nuseirat

Abouhussein

et al. 2021

J of Pharm Policy and Pract

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Background There are limited studies on the role of efficient regulatory mechanisms in facilitating greater access to Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment. Evidence to support the importance of effective pharmaceutical policies and regulations in improving access to oral viral drugs towards the elimination of HCV is needed. This study aims to explore the adequacy of the implemented pharmaceutical policies and regulations in Egypt and their role to improve the availability and affordability of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) to achieve universal access to the treatment of HCV. Methods The study adopts a qualitative methodology using desk review of regulatory and legislative information, literature review, and semi-structured interviews with key experts from the concerned governmental regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical industries, academic organizations, professional associations, civil society organizations, and clinicians who are working in researching treatments for hepatitis C. Findings The common DAAs available in the market are Daclatasvir, Sofosbuvir, and Sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antiviral combinations. Fast-track medicines registration pathway for marketing authorization of DAAs is used to reduce market access time frames. The pricing policies are supplemented using price negotiation to set up affordable prices that led to a reasonable price for DAAs. Using Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) flexibility and local production of quality generics DAAs at lower prices. In addition, political will and collaboration between the government, civil society, and pharmaceutical companies improved patients' access to affordable DAAs and succeeding hepatitis C treatment in Egypt. Conclusions The study findings indicated that the implemented pharmaceutical policies and regulations have an immense role in enhancing access to medicines towards the elimination of hepatitis C in Egypt.

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“…On the other hand, the present result is considerably lower than that reported by South Korean dentists (11), Saudi dentists in Hail region (19), Indian dentists in Sirkakulam (37) and Australian dentists (3). This might be also attributed to the increasing cost of life in Egypt accompanying the economic crisis and reform (23). A statistically significant difference was observed among the different age groups regarding the total mean satisfaction (P <0.001), where the highest mean score was reported for dentists between 40-50 years of age while younger dentists between 30-39 years of age reported the lowest mean score.…”

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“…Moreover, El Bayoumi (22) examined job satisfaction among the Health Insurance Organization (HIO) dentists in Alexandria, and stated that patient relations, professional environment, auxiliary staff, perception of income and work stress are factors significantly affecting job satisfaction. Although MOHP is considered the largest provider of health care services all through the country, no studies investigated job satisfaction among its dentists in Alexandria (23). Since job satisfaction is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, it was perceived that identification of the related factors could lead to a better strategy and policy which provide an adequate work environment for the practicing dentists.…”

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Job Satisfaction Among Dentists of the Minisrty of Health in Alexandria

Ghannam

Amer

Abdelaziz

2021

Alexandria Dental Journal

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INTRODUCTION:High prevalence of work-related physical and psychological disorders among dentists has been reported. Only one study explored job satisfaction among Health Insurance Organization dentists, in Alexandria. However, job satisfaction among Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) dentists has not been examined. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to measure the level of job satisfaction among MOHP dentists, in Alexandria and to assess the association of work environment factors as well as personal and practice-related factors to job satisfaction. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This study was a cross sectional analytical survey conducted among dentists working in MOHP facilities, in Alexandria during a six month period from October 2019 to March 2020. A validated questionnaire modified from the Dentists Satisfaction Survey that was previously tested in Saudi Arabia was adopted. The first section was concerned with demographic and practice related data whereas the second section explored work environment factors. Multivariable stepwise linear regression analysis was performed to examine the association between total mean job satisfaction with personal/ practice related characteristics and work environment factors. RESULTS: The level of job satisfaction was neutral (2.91±0.41). Overall job satisfaction (Beta=0.437), monetary satisfaction (Beta=0.328) and personal time (Beta=0.265) reported the most significant associations with job satisfaction according to the multivariable linear regression analysis. CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that overall job satisfaction, perception of income and personal time showed a significant impact on job satisfaction. The findings of this study would help policy makers to design plans to increase level of job satisfaction among dentists.

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Health System in Egypt

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Gender, diversity management perceptions, workplace happiness and organisational citizenship behaviour

Gender, diversity management perceptions, workplace happiness and organisational citizenship behaviour

Pharmaceutical policies and regulations of oral antiviral drugs for treatment of hepatitis C in Egypt—case study

Job Satisfaction Among Dentists of the Minisrty of Health in Alexandria

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