A Study on Major Factors on Patient Satisfaction of General Hospitals in Korea - Analysis of factors associated with in Health Service Evaluation Program by the Korean Government -

종합병원 입원환자와 외래환자의 만족도 요인 분석 - 의료기관 서비스평가 자료를 활용한 실증 분석 -

  • Bae, Sung-Kwon (Dept. of Health Service Administration, Kosin University) ;
  • Nam, Eun-Woo (Dept. of Health Administration, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Jae-Young (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 2005.06.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate these major factors on patient satisfaction, and to examine the affecting level of major factors in. The subjects in this study was 70 hospitals that were surveyed the hospital evaluation program containing the survey of patient satisfaction by KHIDI(Korea Health Industry Development Institute) from 1997 to 1999. The collected data was analysed SPSS for Windows(Ver 10.0). On basically, frequency analysis, t-test, and ANOVA was performed and, for more analysis, correlation analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, logistic regression analysis was utilized. According to this study, the major factors of inpatient satisfaction are divided 3 types facility factor, manpower factor, and service factor. And the major factors of outpatient satisfaction are analyzed 5 types; facility factor related direct medical service, facility factor related indirect medical services, manpower factor, pharmacy factor, and facility factor related utilization convenience. The importance of this study lies in the identification of major factors on hospital patient satisfaction.

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