Comparison of Patient Satisfaction from Patient's Right Charter in Public and Private Hospitals in Tehran

individual rights are based on person needs and rights of a patient including the duties that medical team have towards him and the total score, abilities or special permits that the law has granted to the patients. In the present study, the patient's knowledge and consent of Patients’ Right Charter was studied in several private and public hospitals in Tehran.This study was done cross-sectional. The samples were selected from 600 patients referred to the hospitals in Tehran. The two-part questionnaire was used for data collection and the spss 17 software was applied for data analysis.There was no significant difference between the "knowledge" of patients in public and private medical centers. But there was a significant statistical difference in "implement of contents" of receiving proper health care, respecting patient privacy and confidentiality in public and private hospitals.Patients should be aware of their rights to acquire. If the patients are not aware of their mutual rights and obligations, they will not demand respecting them or they would request them in an inappropriate way. In interviews with patients, the existence of different study groups such as students, Internet,. .. was expresses as the reason of not receiving a proper health care, respecting patient privacy and confidentiality. To resolve this problem, it is necessary to introduce the care team to the patients.