scholarly journals Sustainability of Health Institutions: The Impact of Service Quality and Patient Satisfaction on Loyalty

Author(s):  
Antoinette Asabea Addo ◽  
Wenxin Wang ◽  
Alex Boadi Dankyi ◽  
Olivier Joseph Abban ◽  
Geoffrey Bentum-Micah

Patient satisfaction is considered one of the preferred outcomes in health care as it is directly related to the re-use of health services as well as the success and sustainability of the health care facility. The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the effect of the quality of services rendered by medical personnel on patient loyalty via the mediating influence of patient satisfaction. The study was designed using a cross-sectional questionnaire to collect data. 2372 outpatients were selected by simple random sampling. The data analysis method employed to test the hypotheses was the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed that the quality of service rendered by the medical personnel has a positive association with patient satisfaction. Again, the higher the level of patient satisfaction, the higher the level of patient loyalty to medical services. Finally, the results of the indirect test supported the hypothesis that the quality of service of medical personnel has a positive effect on patient loyalty via the mediating influence of patient satisfaction.  

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Nurmiwiyati Nurmiwiyati ◽  
Amelia Oktrivina DS ◽  
MGS Aritonang ◽  
Kosasih Kosasih

Customer satisfaction is the key to creating customer loyalty, as well as in-hospital services. This study will examine aspects of drug availability and quality of service and its effect on the satisfaction and loyalty of outpatients at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Cipondok, Tangerang. This study uses a survey method with a questionnaire as a data collection tool. A quantitative approach was carried out using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with LISREL. The study sample was taken from all patients who visited the outpatient unit at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Cipondoh, Tangerang, or their families who came for treatment and bought medicine at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Cipondoh, Tangerang. The results showed Availability of drugs had a significant effect on outpatient satisfaction, The quality of pharmaceutical installation services has a significant effect on outpatient satisfaction, Availability of drugs significantly influences outpatient loyalty, Service quality has no significant effect on outpatient loyalty, and patient satisfaction has a significant effect on outpatient loyalty. The results of statistical tests noted that 86% of patient satisfaction levels were affected by the availability of drugs and the quality of services, and 89% of patient loyalty was influenced by the availability of drugs and quality of service.


Author(s):  
Rejikumar G ◽  
Archana Ks

Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the formation of wellness perceptions and satisfaction from antecedents that explain various attributes regarding service quality perceptions about doctors by patients. The topic is of contemporary relevance as health-care firms are reengineering their competencies to deliver personalized health services to for unmatched experience to develop long-term relationships with patients.Methods: Responses from 280 patients about service quality attributes of doctors, wellness perceptions, and their satisfaction are collected using a structured questionnaire. An exploratory factor analysis was performed using SPSS. 20 to identify significant dimensions of doctor’s service quality. The theoretical model developed with these dimensions, wellness perceptions, and patient satisfaction was estimated using partial least square-based structural equation modeling approach to test hypotheses about linkages among these constructs.Results: The dimension structure of doctor’s service quality contained constructs such as “price affordability of medicines,” “quality of diagnosis,” “interaction quality of doctor,” “appropriateness of tests prescribed,” and “quality of usage prescriptions.” These service quality dimensions of doctor significantly develop wellness perceptions and satisfaction among patients. Wellness perceptions act as a mediator in satisfaction development.Conclusions: Patient satisfaction and wellness perceptions are of primary importance in improving service quality in health care and to remain competitive. The health-care firms should train their professionals to interact with the patients more efficiently by adhering to the philosophy of patient centeredness in their service process.


Author(s):  
Arif Jameel ◽  
Muhammad Asif ◽  
Abid Hussain ◽  
Jinsoo Hwang ◽  
Mussawar Hussain Bukhari ◽  
...  

This study aimed to examine the impact of the five-dimensional health care service quality (SQ) on patient behavioral consent (PBC). This study further explored the mediating role of patient satisfaction (PS) on the SQ–PBC relationship. A survey questionnaire was used to collect the data from public sector hospitals situated in Bahawalpur division, Punjab, Pakistan. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypotheses. This study found positive and significant relationships between SQ and PBC, SQ and PS, and PS and PBC. Our results further revealed that PS partially mediates the relationship between SQ and PBC. Our study offers a comprehensive theoretical framework of several service quality attributes (SQs) affecting patient behavioral consent (PBC) and patient satisfaction (PS) in health care institutions. Testing these above relationships via a mediation approach is novel and contributed to the current study on service quality.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitho Khan Bhatti ◽  
Bahadur Ali Soomro ◽  
Naimatullah Shah

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the training characteristics and employees' performance among the nurses in Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed cross-sectional data through random sampling of trained health nurses from the Government sector hospitals of Pakistan. The survey questionnaire is applied as the primary tool to acquire data. In total, the authors utilized 306 valid cases to infer the final results.FindingsThe structural equation modeling (SEM) underlines a positive and significant impact of cognitive ability and performance goal on employees' performance. On the other hand, there is an insignificant impact of motivation to learn on performance among the nurses of Pakistan.Practical implicationsBroadly, the findings of the study would provide some new insights to understand the performance of nurses in the health care sector through the outcomes of the training characteristics. Further, the results would be a way out to make a better quality of health care enhanced with the support of training. It may contribute to the growth in quality of work and improve work productivity by boosting up and uplifting training characteristics. The research arena would enrich the inclusive theoretical framework of performance and contribute to the domain literature and methodological validation.Originality/valueThe study confirms the role of training characteristics towards performance among the nurses of the public health sector of Pakistan. The investigation would further validate the impact of cognitive ability and the motivation to learn and performance goals on performance globally.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 492-546
Author(s):  
Bestoon Othman ◽  
Amran Bin Harun

The main aim of this study is to explore the impact of the dimensions of Umrah service quality on customer satisfaction for Umrah and customer loyalty for Umrah in the travel industry. Increasingly intense competition and structural shifts in the business environment are now pushing companies to adopt a customer-focused strategy that elevates the value of customer-related constructs such as customer satisfaction, quality of service, and consumer loyalty in describing the success of a company. Umrah service efficiency, Umrah customer satisfaction, and Umrah customer loyalty were calculated from the literature using a 5-point Likert scale. Structural equation modeling was carried out to analyze the impact of Umrah service quality on customer satisfaction in Umrah and customer loyalty in Umrah. The result showed that all dimensions of service quality influenced customer satisfaction and loyalty of Umrah's customers. The study's key drawback is that it was confined only to the Malaysian nation. Second, the present study only focuses on the traveling industry in Umrah. The results clearly indicate the dimensions of the quality of Umrah service that the practitioners must concentrate on in order to provide a better quality of service.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Aslan Azhari ◽  
Basri Modding ◽  
Ilham Labbase ◽  
Annas Plyriadi

Research related to the Effect of Service Quality, Image, and Business Ethics on Patient Satisfaction and Loyalty at Hospitals in Makassar City. This research was conducted which aims to: (1) test and analyze the effect of service quality, image, business ethics on patient satisfaction, (2) test and analyze the effect of service quality, image, business ethics on patient loyalty, (3) test and analyze the effect satisfaction with patient loyalty, (4) test and analyze the indirect effect of service quality, image, and business ethics on patient loyalty through mediating patient satisfaction. This study uses primary data through distributing questionnaires to a total of 203 inpatients as samples from the total number of patients in 2018 totaling 69.337, data collection was carried out from December 2019 to January 2020. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis with program assistance AMOS and SPSS. The results showed that (1) service quality, image, and business ethics had a positive and significant direct effect on patient satisfaction, (2) service quality, image, and business ethics had a positive and significant direct effect on patient loyalty, (3) satisfaction has a positive and not significant direct effect on patient loyalty, (4) an indirect relationship of service quality, image, and business ethics, through mediation satisfaction has a positive and not significant effect on patient loyalty. This means that the provision of good quality services, the application of the hospital's image, and the application of ethical behavior will have a direct role in patient satisfaction and loyalty. Patient satisfaction does not significantly affect patient loyalty due to the existence of a system of tiered referral system which makes it impossible for patients to directly choose the hospital, except in an emergency. Quality of service, image, and business ethics through satisfaction has a positive and not significant effect on patient loyalty. This shows that patient satisfaction is not able to mediate to have a significant influence on patient loyalty.


CAUCHY ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Astari Rahmadita ◽  
Ferra Yanuar ◽  
Dodi Devianto

<pre>The information on the health status of an individual is often gathered based on a health survey. Patient assessment on the quality of hospital services is important as a reference in improving the service so that it can increase a patient satisfaction and patient loyalty. The concepts of health service are often involve multivariate factors with multidimensional sructure of corresponding factors. One of the methods that can be used to model such these variables is SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is a multivariate method that incorporates ideas from regression, path-analysis and factor analysis. A Bayesian approach to SEM may enable models that reflect hypotheses based on complex theory. Bayesian SEM is used to construct the model for describing the patient loyalty at <em>Puskesmas</em> in Padang City. The convergence test with the history of trace plot, density plot and the model consistency test were performed with three different prior types. Based on Bayesian SEM approach, it is found that the quality of service and patient satisfaction significantly related to the patient loyalty.</pre>


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 1831-1847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houriyeh Dehghanpouri ◽  
Zeynab Soltani ◽  
Reza Rostamzadeh

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of trust, privacy, service quality and customer satisfaction on the success of electronic customer relationship management (E-CRM) systems. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, a new model for determining the critical factors in the success of E-CRM systems is presented. The suggested model is verified using partial least squares with structural equation modeling. A questionnaire is designed and collected from 378 taxpayers in East Azerbaijan province of Iran. Findings The outcomes reveal that customer satisfaction is significantly influenced by the perceived quality of service. Customer satisfaction, in turn, is significantly impacted by the trust. Therefore, the quality of service, trust and privacy, through customer satisfaction, significantly affects the success of E-CRM systems. Research limitations/implications The main limitation can be referred to the clients that would not cooperate well as they were avoiding to give much information about the financial issue. Also, the study was conducted only in the context of Iran and a limit sample was utilized. Practical implications The research results help service providers improve E-CRM. Originality/value This study sheds light on identifying the antecedents of trust, privacy and quality of service that affect customer satisfaction; it may contribute to the theoretical framework for customer satisfaction in the context of the E-CRM. The results of the research offer practical implications for marketing managers and practitioners who prepare strategic plans and implement tools to improve the productivity or performance of the E-CRM systems. Moreover, customer satisfaction is related to the success of E-CRM systems as a result of trust, privacy and service quality. This research offers new insights into E-CRM intentions from a taxpayer in Iran.


2021 ◽  
pp. 109980042110096
Author(s):  
Ruey-Hsia Wang ◽  
Chia-Chin Lin ◽  
Shi-Yu Chen ◽  
Hui-Chun Hsu ◽  
Chiu-Ling Huang

Purposes: Women with diabetes (WD) are more severely impacted by the consequence of suboptimal diabetes control. This study aims to examine the impact of demographic and disease characteristics, baseline self-stigma, role strain, diabetes distress on Hemoglobin A1C (A1C) levels, quality of life (D-QoL) and 6-month A1C levels in younger WD. Methods: This study was a 6-month prospective study. In total, 193 WD aged 20–64 years were selected by convenience sampling from three outpatient clinics in Taiwan. Demographic and disease characteristics, self-stigma, role strain, diabetes distress, A1C levels, and D-QoL were collected at baseline. A1C levels were further collected 6 months later. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test the hypothesized model. Results: The final model supported that higher baseline D-QoL directly associated with lower concurrent A1C levels and indirectly associated with lower 6-month A1C levels through baseline A1C levels. Higher baseline self-stigma, role strain, and diabetes distress directly associated with lower baseline D-QoL, and indirectly associated with higher 6-month A1C levels through D-QoL. Conclusion: Improving self-stigma, role strain, and diabetes distress should be considered as promising strategies to improve D-QoL in young WD. D-QoL plays a mediation role between baseline self-stigma, role strain, diabetes distress and subsequent glycemic control in younger WD. Enhancing baseline D-QoL is fundamental to improve subsequent glycemic control.


Mediscope ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mst Jannatul Ferdousi

Bangladesh government has initiated a project with the title of "Revitalization of Community Health Care Initiatives in Bangladesh (RCHCIB)" to further develop the Community Clinics (CCs) and strengthen their operations in delivering primary health care. Measuring patient satisfaction with CC service users can play an important role in developing quality care. The objectives of this study were to measure patient satisfaction with CC through facility (CC) based survey and to measure overall patient satisfaction with CC through household based survey. The overall mean patient satisfaction score was 3.7 ± 1.0 and 2.4 ± 1.1 for facility based survey and household based survey, respectively. Policy and strategy should be done to increase quality of care resulting high level of patient satisfaction to service provided at CCs. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/mediscope.v1i1.21633 Mediscope Vol. 1, No. 1: 2014, Pages 23-28


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