Al-Omar B A
Public Administration Department, Administrative Sciences College, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 1998 Jan;5(1):31-6.
To examine and compare the factors causing long waiting lists for non-urgent surgery in public (Ministry of Health, military, and teaching) and private hospitals in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and to examine the relationship between the personal characteristics of the respondents (surgeons) and the surgery-delay experience.
The instrument used in this study was a self-administered questionnaire. Out of 500 distributed questionnaires 320 valid responses were returned. Data were collected from 14 public and private hospitals in Riyadh City. Frequencies and percentages; Mann-Whitney; Kruskall-Wallis one way ANOVA; Chi-square; Phi; and Cramers' V tests were used in the statistical analysis..
Results show that seven factors were significantly important in causing long waiting lists. A significant difference with regard to the seriousness of this problem was found between the two types of hospitals.
This study shows that there is a significant difference in the seriousness of the problem between private and various types of public hospitals. Similar studies in different parts of the country are therefore recommended.
调查并比较沙特阿拉伯利雅得市公立（卫生部、军队及教学医院）和私立医院非紧急手术等候名单过长的影响因素，并研究受访者（外科医生）个人特征与手术延迟经历之间的关系。
本研究使用的工具是一份自填式问卷。在分发的500份问卷中，回收了320份有效问卷。数据收集自利雅得市的14家公立和私立医院。统计分析采用频率和百分比、曼-惠特尼检验、克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯单向方差分析、卡方检验、Phi检验和克莱默斯V检验。
结果表明，七个因素在导致等候名单过长方面具有显著重要性。两类医院在这个问题的严重程度上存在显著差异。
本研究表明，私立医院和各类公立医院在该问题的严重程度上存在显著差异。因此建议在该国不同地区开展类似研究。
