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Effect of Characterisitcs of Service Quality on Continuance Usage Intention of Digital Healthcare Service Using Mediating Factors of User Expectation and User Utility

디지털헬스케어서비스에서 서비스품질 속성이 지속사용의도에 미치는 효과연구: 사용자기대와 사용자효용 매개요인을 중심으로

  • Jeon, Eun-Seon (Graduate School of Service Management & Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Kim, Chul Soo (Department of Business Administration, Inha University)
  • Received : 2020.10.26
  • Accepted : 2021.04.08
  • Published : 2021.05.31
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Abstract

This paper elucidates the effect of characteristics of service quality on continuance usage intention of digital healthcare service using mediating factors of user expectation and user utility. First, we classified independent factors into three types such as service system characteristics, user characteristics, and healthcare service characteristics from the previous studies, and investigated the effect of three independent factors on continuance usage intention of digital healthcare service. Second, we analyzed the impact of two mediating factors, user expectation and user utility, on the continuance usage intention. We developed a research model that includes three types of independent factors, mediated factors of user expectation and user utility, and a dependent factor of continuance usage intention. We surveyed a total of 357 samples from digital healthcare service users and analyzed the research model. The research results significantly show that Characteristics of Users is essential factor impacting a dependent factor of Continuance Usage Intention. The results indicate the followings: (1) Characteristics of Users including the variables of Innovation impacts User Expectation, and User Expectation affects Users Utility, and Users Utility also affects Continuance Usage Intention. (2) Characteristics of Service Systems including the variables of Functionality, Compatibility, and Convenience and Characteristics of users of Innovation variable impact the mediating factor of User Expectation, and User Expectation also affects the factor of Continuance Usage Intention. (3) Characteristics of Healthcare Services including the variables of Reliability, Ease of Operation, Safety, and Accuracy impact User Utility, and User Utility also affects Continuance Usage Intention.

본 연구는 디지털헬스케어서비스에서 사용자기대와 사용자효용의 매개요인을 사용하여 서비스 품질의 특성들이 지속사용의도에 미치는 효과를 분석하였다. 첫째, 독립요인을 서비스품질 차원으로 통합하였으며, 기존 연구들을 토대로 독립요인들을 도출하였다. 도출된 독립요인은 기술적특성, 사용자특성, 의료서비스특성 등의 3개의 관점으로 구분하였으며, 각각의 독립요인 특성이 지속사용의도에 어떻게 영향을 주는지를 연구하였다. 둘째는 사용자기대와 사용자효용이라는 2개의 매개요인들이 독립요인과 종속요인을 매개하는지를 분석하였다. 본 연구에서는 357개의 설문을 사용하였으며 의미 있는 분석결과는 사용자특성 요인이 사용자기대와 사용자 효용 그리고 지속사용의도에 연속적으로 영향을 미치는 독립요인이라는 것을 발견하였다. 분석 결과을 요약하면 다음과 같다. (1) 사용자특성 요인은 사용자기대와 사용자효용 매개요인에 영향을 주고, 이들 매개요인들은 지속사용의도 종속요인에 영향을 미친다. (2) 기능성, 호환성 그리고 편의성 하위요인들로 구성된 기술적특성 독립요인과 혁신성 하위요인을 갖는 사용자 특성 독립요인은 사용자기대 매개요인에 영향을 주고, 사용자기대 매개요인은 지속사용의도 종속 요인에 영향을 준다. (3) 신뢰성, 운영용이성, 안전성 그리고 정확도 하위요인들로 구성된 의료 서비스특성 독립요인은 사용자효용 매개요인에 영향을 주고, 사용자효용 매개요인은 다시 지속 사용의도 종속요인에 영향을 미친다.

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