Introduction:Efficient health system needs active participation and good relationship between health care providers and health care recipient. The fundamental reason for the importance attached to patient’s rights and the corresponding increase in legislation is that respecting patient’s rights is an essential part of providing good health care. Existence of patient rights prism doesn't mean its observance. The purpose of this study is to determine the observance rate of patient’s rights and its necessity from patient`s point whom hospitalized in Shahid Sadooghi hospital of Yazd. Methods:This study has been done as a cross sectional descriptive survey in three months (December 2012, junuary and febriary2013) in Shahid Sadughi hospital of Yazd city. The study group that selected randomly consisted of 200 patients who hospitalized in study period. Data were collected during face to face interviews using a standard questionnaire. This questionnaire was based on patient right prism and its validity and reliability has been obtained in previous studies. Data analyzed by SPSS18. Results:Results showed that observance rate of patient’s rights and its necessity from patient`s point was 63.2% and 76.85% respectively with a significant relationship (R=0.49, P=0.000). There was a significantly relationship between patient`s education, their residency and age of them with observance and necessity of their rights. Urban residency, high education and more age was related to better opinion. Also there is significantly relationship between observance of patient`s rights and its necessity at all and in subscales with their satisfaction of hospital (P=0.000). Conclusion:According to observance rate of patients' rights and its necessity for patient satisfaction and their health promotion. A strategy for increasing of observance is increasing in patients’ awareness of patient’s rights prism

Keywords: patient’s rights prism, observance of patient’s rights, necessity of patient`s rights, Hospital.

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