Factors related to longevity of physician in the family physician program in Rural family physician program of sabsevar by using Dematel method

The fair access to health services is one of the most important challenges of the country health system. The family physician was designed to increase access to services, reduce parallel work, and make optimal use of the country’s health resources. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors related to the longevity of physicians in the family physicians

The applied study was descriptive, survey. The 32 family physicians working in the comprehensive rural health services centers of Sabzevar was selected by census method.  The research tool was a research-made pairwise comparison matrix consisting of 87 questions. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by examining the incompatibility rate of the questions. Dematel technique and Excel software were used for data analysis. 

The finding showed that environmental factor is the most important factor in the survival of family physicians(R=-0.1558), The managerial factors were also determined as the highest factor that affecting other factors(R=-0.09118). The environmental factors are(affective factor -0.006), managerial factor are(influential factor -0.003) and human factor are(effective factor 0.0037)

Environmental factor was the most effective factor on the survival of physician in this study. Creating suitable facilities, proper communication between family physician and villagers, education and culture of more villagers have the greatest impact on the survival of physicians. It is necessary for managers to planning more carefully by allocating more fund to environment factors.