title: Survey of the opinions on the occupational health system in Turkey expressed by patients of the Istanbul hospital of occupational diseases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the opinion of patients of an occupational diseases hospital on the quality of provision of occupational medicine services in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 189 patients were interviewed using a 13-item survey about their jobs and workplaces.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall results of this study were as follows: 80.4% of the patients stated that physicians were located at their workplaces; 66.1% stated that inadequate attention was given to ensure the physical, psychological and social health of the employees; and 63.5% stated that sufficient protection against health risks was not provided.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quality of provision of occupational medicine services should be improved.
authors.affiliation: Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Ethics, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. incihot@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Inci
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hot
authors.forename: Esin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karlikaya
authors.forename: Mehmet Sarper
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Erdogan
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014421:Turkey