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An Analysis of the Importance-Satisfaction of Convergent Medical Tourism Service Quality

융복합 의료관광서비스의 중요도-만족도 분석

  • Han, Jin-Young (Dept. of Hotel Management, Catholic Kwandong University) ;
  • Choi, Eun-Mi (Dept. of Medical Management, Catholic Kwandong University) ;
  • Ji, Ke-Yung (Dept. of Hotel Management, Catholic Kwandong University)
  • 한진영 (가톨릭관동대학교 호텔경영전공) ;
  • 최은미 (가톨릭관동대학교 의료경영학과) ;
  • 지계웅 (가톨릭관동대학교 호텔경영전공)
  • Received : 2015.05.13
  • Accepted : 2015.07.20
  • Published : 2015.07.28
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Abstract

In this study, IPA(Importance-Performance Analysis) techniques were used to suggest improvement plans and implications for convergent medical tourism services which medical tourists can be satisfied in Medical institutions. For this study, a total of 244 questionnaires among collected data for customers who experience a medical tourism service (a health checkup) at four hospitals located in Gangneung, Gangwon Province from September 1, 2014 to October 30, 2014 was to ensure a valid sample. As a result of the experiments which conducted by paired sample t-test analysis to learn corresponding to the difference between importance and satisfaction of the medical tourism services, it shows significant differences in all entries In the importance and satisfaction of the medical tourism services. As a result of the experiments which conducted by the IPA, the importance is high awareness but among service items which satisfaction is not actually high, service items that requires intensive care in the future are derived in items of "exact medical tourism services", "rapid response to the needs of the patient", "rapid medical tourism services", "communication with medical tourism coordinator". Therefore, medical institutions may need to be arranged in the Medical Tourism Coordinator with the agility and expertise of the medical tourism.

본 연구에서는 IPA(Importance-Performance Analysis) 기법을 이용하여 의료관광객들이 만족할 수 있는 의료기관의 융복합 의료관광서비스를 위한 개선방안 및 시사점을 제시하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 자료수집에 있어서는 의료관광서비스를 경험한 고객들을 대상으로 2014년 9월 1일-2014년 10월 30일까지 검진을 받은 의료관광 고객들을 대상으로 총 244부의 설문지를 유효표본으로 확보하였다. 의료관광서비스의 중요도와 만족도의 차이를 알아보기 위하여 대응표본 t-test를 실시한 결과, 의료관광 서비스의 중요도와 만족도에 있어 모든 항목에서 유의한 차이를 보이고 있었다. 의료관광서비스에 대한 IPA 분석결과, 중요도는 높게 인식을 하지만 실제로는 만족도가 높지 않은 서비스 항목들로 향후에 집중 관리가 필요한 항목으로 '정확한 의료관광서비스', '환자의 요구에 신속한 대응', '신속한 의료관광서비스', '의료관광코디네이터와의 의사소통'의 항목들로 도출되었다. 그러므로 의료기관들은 의료관광에 대한 신속성과 전문성을 가진 의료관광코디네이터를 배치하여야 할 필요성이 있다.

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