Introduction: Patient satisfaction is a relative phenomenon, which embodies the patients perceived need, his expectationsfrom the health system, and experience of health care. Objective: To determine the level of patient satisfaction towards OPD services withreference to doctor-patient interaction, registration desk, waiting area, and overall health facilities. Study Design: Descriptive crosssectional study. Setting: Tertiary care hospital of Lahore. Study Period: April 2013. Material & Methods: A sample of 250 patients wasselected by employing systematic random sampling technique. The patients were interviewed and data was collected using a pretestedquestionnaire. Data was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 16.00. Data was presented in figuresand tables. It was described using frequencies, percentages and mean. Results: Majority of the patients i.e 232 (94%) reported beingsatisfied with the doctor. A vast majority agreed that hospital was clean 233 (94%) and adequately ventilated 224 (90%). The hospital staffin the waiting area was found to be respectful 220 (89%) and fair 198 (80%) towards the patients. The patients had no difficulty locatingthe reception desk of the health facility 235 (95%). A large proportion of patients i.e.220 (89%) said they would re-visit the hospital.Conclusions: The patients were highly satisfied with their doctors and were ready to re-visit the hospital. It is recommended that furtherstudies should be conducted to assess patient satisfaction in the secondary and primary care health facilities and efforts should be madeto get regular feedback from the patients.
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