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VOL. 10, ISSUE 3 (2024)
Beyond awareness and semantics: Patients’ rights in tertiary health institutions in Anambra State Nigeria
Authors
Obioma Helen Onyi, Ngozi Chisom Uzoka, Tina Chinyere Dimkpa
Abstract
Tertiary health institutions are put in place by the government to
provide medical care with expertise and state of the art facilities for
tackling complex and sensitive health challenges. The National Health Act 2014
and the Nigerian 1999 Constitution had existed to address health matters. The
Patients' Bill of Rights (PBoR) was thereafter launched in 2018, with the aim
of improving health service delivery to Nigerians. Nonetheless, lack of
efficient health care services still pose a serious challenge. This paper is
aimed at probing into the level of awareness of patients’ rights with regards
to tertiary health institutions in Anambra State, with a view to ensuring good
implementation of those rights. A cross sectional survey was conducted using
structured questionnaire to generate data. About 422 patients of Nnamdi Azikiwe
University Teaching Hospital and Odimegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital
aged between 18 and 80 years were selected by simple random sample technique.
The sample size of the patients population was calculated using the Cochran
(1963) formula (n = Z2 pq/d2). Data entry and analysis
was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Chi-square
and Student t-test statistics was used to compare proportions and means
respectively. Level of significance was set at p<0.05. The study showed that
majority of the patients in the tertiary health institutions in Anambra state,
Nigeria are aware of their rights however majority are unaware of the existence
of the Patients’ Bill of Rights. The study recommends the enactment of
legislation strictly bothering on the protection of patients’ rights which is
justiciable under our law.
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Pages:229-232
How to cite this article:
Obioma Helen Onyi, Ngozi Chisom Uzoka, Tina Chinyere Dimkpa "Beyond awareness and semantics: Patients’ rights in tertiary health institutions in Anambra State Nigeria". International Journal of Law, Vol 10, Issue 3, 2024, Pages 229-232
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