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KMID : 0926620120170010023
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2012 Volume.17 No. 1 p.23 ~ p.42
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The effect of mental hospital inpatient’s perceived service quality on satisfaction and customer loyalty
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Jeong Jin-Hong
Kwon Ho-Jang
Lee Sang-Gyu
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to identify the inpatient service quality at mental hospitals and to examine the effect of service quality on patient’s overall satisfaction and customer loyalty. Data collection was done through conducting a survey of inpatients in three mental hospitals located in Chungnam, Korea using self administered questionnaire. The questionnaire included the modified version of ’service satisfaction scale for psychiatric patients’ invented by Chul Kwon Kim and other members, which consists of five dimension of service quality: staff attitude, treatment quality, ward environment, access/cost and ward rule. Total 236 questionnaires were gathered and 219 were used for analysis. The data was analyzed by using version SAS9.2 and path analysis model was applied to test our hypothesis. As a result, the four factors of service (staff attitude, treatment quality, ward environment and ward rule) were extracted, which counted for 62.89% of the common variance. Moreover, Cronbach Alpha showed relatively high internal consistency of answer, all exceeding 0.6. According to the study, ward environment and treatment quality turned out to have direct influence on the patient’s satisfaction. In addition, staff attitude and overall satisfaction directly influenced the customer loyalty while ward environment and ward rule indirectly had influence using overall satisfaction as a medium. In conclusion, in order to enhance the satisfaction and customer loyalty in mental hospitals, efforts in improving environmental service quality in particular is highly demanded.
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KEYWORD
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Inpatient service quality, Patient satisfaction, Customer loyalty, Mental hospital
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