Hospital Service Quality

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The main objective of this study is to evaluate and compare service quality in private hospitals, especially in teaching hospitals those are associated with medical colleges. This comparison is made across ten dimensions of hospital service quality such as infrastructure, availability of resources, clinical procedures, quality of outcomes, administrative procedures, staff attitude, waiting time, price, information availability, and trustworthiness. Three teaching hospitals located in Bhubaneswar, Orissa are selected for this study. This study adopts a descriptive cross-sectional research design. Primary data is collected from 160 inpatients in these three hospitals through administration of a structured questionnaire, consisting 53 items on…show more content…
Clinical procedure has been considered as an important dimension of hospital service quality by researchers such as Sower et al. (2001); Roshnee and Fowder (2008); Mejabi and Olujide (2008); Padma et al. (2010); and Eleuch (2011). ‘Quality of Outcomes’ refers to the effectiveness of the treatment process in curing the illness of patients. It is considered as an important dimension of hospital service quality by researchers like Sower et al. (2001); Dagger et al. (2007); Mejabi and Olujide (2008); Chahal and Kumari (2010); and Padma et al. (2010). ‘Administrative Procedures’ refers to ease of access to hospital, process of admission, discharge, and record maintenance. It is considered as one of the important dimensions of hospital service quality by researchers like Sower et al. (2001); Dagger et al. (2007); Duggirala et al. (2008); and Padma et al.…show more content…
It is considered as an important dimension of hospital service quality by researchers like Sower et al. (2001); Roshnee and Fowder (2008); and Rashid and Jussof (2009). ‘Trustworthiness’ refers to the reliability and image of hospital along with expertise of medical staff to treat patients. It is considered as an important dimension of hospital service quality by researchers like Dagger et al. (2007); Roshnee and Fowder (2008); Duggirala et al. (2008); Rashid and Jussof (2009); and Padma et al. (2010). In all the above studies evaluation of hospital service quality is done through patients’ perception about the delivery of health

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