Las reclamaciones de los usuarios externos en un centro pediatrico de referencia nacional en Lima, Peru / External user’s complaints in a national reference pediatric center

RESUMEN

Objetivo:Identificar las características de las reclamaciones de los usuarios externos de un centro pediátrico de referencia nacional.Diseño:Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo. InstituciónInstituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Perú. Material:Libro de reclamaciones.Métodos:Del libro de reclamaciones del Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, entre julio 2011 y setiembre 2012, se elaboró una base dedatos. El paciente podía tener más de un motivo de reclamación.Principales medidas de resultados: Datos demográficos, frecuencia,motivos, tiempo de resolución, personal aludido y resultados de las reclamaciones.Resultados: Se recolectó 283 copias de formatosque contenían 358 motivos de reclamaciones, siendo los más frecuentestrato inapropiado 32,1%, tiempo de espera prolongado18,4%, información deficiente 14,5%, dificultad para el acceso en la atención...

ABSTRACT

Objective: To identify complaints characteristics of external users in a national pediatric reference center. Design: Descriptive, retrospective study. Setting: Instituto Nacional de Salud del Ni¤o (INSN), Lima, Peru. Material: Book of Complaints. Methods: A database was elaborated from the INSN Book of Complaints for the period July 2011 to September 2012. The patient could have had more than one complaint reason. Main outcome measures: Demographic data, frequency, motives, time of resolution, alluded personnel, and solution of complaints. Results: Two hundred and eighty-three formats were collected containing 358 complaints. Most frequent complaint reasons were inappropriate attitude 32.1 per cent, long waiting time 18.4 per cent, deficient information 14.5 per cent, deficient access to services 9.5 per cent, loss of documentation (laboratory results or x-rays, formats, clinical records, among others) 7.8 per cent, problems in communication 7.5 per cent, privileged access to attention 5.9 per cent, objective aspects (facilities, appearance, cleaning, equipment) 4.2 per cent. The areas that received more complaints were outpatient attention by physicians 41.7 per cent (rate of 0.5 per thousand patients), security 9.2 per cent, private hospital service 9.2 per cent, and cashiers 6.0 per cent. Sixty per cent of claims were solved, and of these 84.2 per cent were solved before 4 weeks since the complaint. Occupational groups generating complaints were physician (26,4 per cent), nurse technician (13,9 per cent), administrative personnel (12,2 per cent), security personnel (12,2 per cent), archive personnel (9,7 per cent), nurse (9,0 per cent), cashier (5,9 per cent), admission (2,1 per cent). Conclusions: Complaints’ characteristics suggest the need to take appropriate corrective and educational measures, so as to avoid or decrease them. Routine periodic evaluation of complaints is necessary to increase user’s satisfaction.