Patient satisfaction factors with in house Third Party Administrator (TPA) department of a tertiary care hospital: a cross sectional analysis

Author(s):  
Ankit Singh ◽  
Priya Ravi ◽  
Kursongmit Lepcha
2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (236) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Chandra Khanal ◽  
Lochan Karki ◽  
Badri Rijal ◽  
Pramod Joshi ◽  
Navindra Raj Bista ◽  
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Introduction: Communication is an important aspect of the medical profession. Doctor-patient communication plays a significant role in health care delivery. This study aims to find outpatient department patient satisfaction in doctor-patient communication in a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal in the month of August 2019. Validated questionnaire of Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, consisting of 80 items, originally developed by Willis H. Ware and his colleagues were used and distributed to the patient in the outpatient department of the hospital. Their satisfaction level for doctor-patient communication was assessed on a five-point scale. The questionnaire was distributed randomly to the patient attending the hospital outpatient department during one month period. Results: Out of the total participants, 420 (96%) at 95% CI (95.07–96.93) respondents reported that they were satisfied regarding communication with their doctors. Among the patients, 109 (24.0%) visited the department of medicine followed by obstetrics and gynaecology 85 (19.4%). Conclusions: The majority of participants were found to be satisfied with the doctor-patient communication. While this study has shown that the communication in the doctor-patient relationship was seen to be satisfactory, this might not show the generalized picture of the country. We should also think of ways to further improve the communication in our hospitals.


Healthline ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Smita Kumari Panda ◽  
Sushree Priyadarsini Satapathy ◽  
Prakash Chandra Panda ◽  
Kulwant Lakra ◽  
Shilpa Karir ◽  
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Introduction: Patient satisfaction is a psychological concept which is considered as a judgment of individuals regarding any object or event after gathering some experiences over time. It is one of the established yardsticks to measure the success of the services. Objectives: 1. To assess the level of inpatient satisfaction on hospital services. 2. To find out the determinants of inpatient satisfaction on hospital services. Method: It was a cross-sectional study conducted over a period of four months at VIMSAR, a tertiary care hospital in Odisha in eastern India. A total of 164 patients were enrolled in the study from the five most occupied indoor departments who were administered a pre-tested semi-structured standardised questionnaire by face to face interview method. Results: Majority (77.44%) of respondents were in the age group of 21-60 years. The sample consisted of 65.24 % males and 43.9% were from lower socio-economic class. Patient satisfaction level was found to be relatively low (~80%) for the service domains like housekeeping, general services and ancillary services. Fields like front desk services, medical care, nursing care and laboratory services enjoyed a better satisfaction score (~90%). Binary logistic regression analysis reflected age and socio-economic class to be the negative determinants of the level of satisfaction. Conclusion: About two thirds of the inpatients were satisfied with the services availed at the tertiary care hospital in the five specialities. There is scope of improvement in the areas like housekeeping, ancillary care and general care. Socio-demographic characteristics like age and socioeconomic class inversely related to inpatient satisfaction on hospital services.


Author(s):  
Shweta Talati ◽  
Saru Sethi ◽  
Ritin Mohindra ◽  
Pankaj Arora ◽  
Navneet Dhaliwal ◽  
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Introduction: Meal services plays a significant role in speedy recovery and increases patient satisfaction. Objective: Present study was done to assess the satisfaction of suspected COVID-19 patients regarding meal services at a tertiary care hospital of north India. Methodology:  This cross-sectional study in retrospective design was done to understand the factors affecting the satisfaction of suspected COVID-19 patients with respect to meal services. The data was collected for patients admitted from January 2020-June 2020 with the help of a questionnaire with graded responses i.e Yes, No or Maybe/Not applicable, gathered from participants after discharge from hospital through ‘google forms’. Results: Out of 160 participants, 159 filled up the questionnaire through ‘google form’. Majority of the participants were <30 Years old 46.5%, had university or higher education 52.8%. The study showed 96.9% patients were satisfied and 3.1% were not satisfied   with the quality of the meal services provided during the hospital stay. There was no significant association observed between taste of meals and consumption of whole meal with the quality of the meal served (p = 0.875, p = 0.855 respectively). Although significant association was observed between temperature of meal, time of meal distribution, quantity of water bottles provided, and quality of meal served (p = 0.000, p = <0.001, p = 0.000). Conclusion: Present study connotes that such types of assessments can help identify the gaps which can be worked on for achieving maximal satisfaction of patients with respect to quality of meal services in the hospital. Key words: COVID-19 patients; Meal services; Patient Satisfaction; Tertiary care hospital


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