title: Determinants of customer satisfaction with hospitals: a managerial model.
abstract: States that rapid changes in the environment have exerted significant pressures on hospitals to incorporate patient satisfaction in their strategic stance and quest for market share and long-term viability. This study proposes and tests a five-factor model that explains considerable variation in customer satisfaction with hospitals. These factors include communication with patients, competence of the staff, their demeanour, quality of the facilities, and perceived costs; they also represent strategic concepts that managers can address in their bid to remain competitive. A probability sample was selected and a multiple regression model used to test the hypotheses. The results indicate that all five variables were significant in the model and explained 62 per cent of the variation in the dependent variable. Managerial implications of the proposed model are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University, Erie, Behrend College, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Andaleeb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006302:Health Services Research; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires