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A Comparative Study of how Subjects' Characteristics and Nursing Service Quality Influence on Hospital Revisiting Intent between Patients and Nurses  

Lee Mi-Aie (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dongguk University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.35, no.7, 2005 , pp. 1210-1220 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was aimed to examine how subjects' characteristics and nursing service quality influence hospital revisiting intent, to compare perceptions of patients with those of nurses, Method: The questionnaire was developed and distributed to 300 patients and nurses at six general hospitals in a provincial city, Korea, For data analysis, the SPSS/PC program was used. Result: The nursing service quality's scores of patients is 3.61, that of nurses is 3.77, and there is a significant difference. The hospital revisiting intent's score of patients is 4.84, that of nurses is 4.61, and there are no significant differences. In subjects' characteristics, patients perceive that the hospital is the only different factor, and place hospital revisiting intent at $3.6\%$. Nurses perceive that education level and position are different factors, and place hospital revisiting intent at $3.3\%$. In nursing service quality, patients perceive that 2 attributes explain hospital revisiting intent at $17.8\%$ and 2 factors explain it at $16.5\%$; whereas, nurses perceive that 2 attributes explain hospital revisiting intent at $15.3\%$ and 3 factors explain it at $12.2\%$. Conclusion: There are perception gaps between consumers and providers. So nursing and hospital managers must recognize these facts and provide various marketing strategies to overcome them.
Keywords
Patients; Nurses; Hospital nursing service;
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