These conditions were personal factors that mainly embraced provider characteristics (e.g. friendliness and competence) whereas systemic factors covered conditions such as the need for collaboration between PAs and doctors, accessibility of care, and cost-containment.
The PSQ-18 captures seven dimensions of satisfaction, including "General Satisfaction," "Technical Quality," "Interpersonal Manner," "Communication," "Financial Aspects," "Time Spent with Doctor," and "Accessibility and Convenience".
The main reasons for under-reporting in South African doctors were accessibility and complexity of the notification form and lack of motivation because of poor feedback [ 9].
Patients rated technical quality of medical care, interpersonal and communication skills of doctors and accessibility of care as important aspects [ 17].
Some studies found information received, technical competences, interpersonal and communication skills, time spent talking with doctors and nurses, accessibility and coordination of care, waiting times, and patients' emotional needs as important or priority areas to improve cancer care services [ 7, 43, 44].
A spokesman for the agency said it was still evaluating whether potential abuse outweighs the benefits of easy accessibility for doctors.
Given the limits on research and accessibility, many doctors are reluctant to discuss cannabis-related treatment options with patients.
Particularly, doctor-patient communication and accessibility of services were common priorities among general practice visitors in different countries.
There is no standard on the optimal consultation rate for a population, which is dependent on the complex interaction between patients' perceived needs, availability and accessibility of doctors and payment methods [ 30, 31, 35].
