• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.76-100
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• 2008

The purpose of this research is to identify causalities among service quality, service value, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty and to compare the causalities between in-patients and out-patients. A multi-group structural equation model was used to test the hypothesis of conceptual model. Empirical results indicate that two factors such as assurance and empathy have direct impact on service value and customer satisfaction in both the patients. In the results of multi-group comparison test, however, the path coefficients from service value to customer loyalty and from customer satisfaction to customer loyalty were different across the two groups. In out-patients, customer loyalty is more positively related with service value. In in-patients, customer loyalty is more positively related with customer satisfaction. It is proven that service quality influences customer loyalty. Therefore To compete successfully in today's volatile & competitive medical markets, the hospital needs to manage the service quality, considering the type of patients.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.236-244
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• 2002

Objective : To empirically investigate the relationship of internal and external customer satisfactions, service quality, and customer loyalty in medical services. Methods : This essay proposes an integrated model to explain the causality of internal and external customer satisfactions, service quality, and customer loyalty. To this end, a structural model was developed, consisting of the following factors: internal and external customer satisfactions, service quality, and customer loyalty. The study included 214 sets of data, with 107 sets being collected for both out-patients and in-patients. The data were analyzed using AMOS 4.0. Results : We found the greater the internal customer satisfaction, the greater the out-patient quality of service quality. Secondly, the greater the service quality, the greater the external customer satisfaction of both in- and out-patients. The service quality of doctors, compared to that of the nurses, had a greater effect on external customer satisfaction. Thirdly, the service quality of doctors and nurses affected both internal and external customer satisfactions, which ultimately affected the customer loyalty. Finally the greater the external customer satisfaction, the greater the customer loyalty. Conclusion : This Study confirms the positive relationship among the internal and external customer satisfactions, service quality, and customer loyalty, which proves the doctors quality of service is the primary factor for external satisfaction, and customer loyalty relating to medical services.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.419-430
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• 2021

The study aims to analyze the factors that shape patient loyalty, namely, by involving the service quality factor (SERVQUAL), hospital image, patient value, and patient satisfaction in private hospitals. This study was conducted in Makassar City, Indonesia, with a sample of 296 eligible samples from private hospitals. The sample criteria were patients with outpatient and hospitalization status. Then, this study developed 23 hypotheses to test the statistical relationship between direct, intervening and multiple-effect models. Problem-solving and research focus are carried out using a quantitative method approach with a PLS-SEM-based testing tool. The bootstrapping method is being used with the constant bootstrapping step to demonstrate the results of hypothesis testing; we find that the overall hypothesis has a positive and significant effect. The combination of testing models involving several variables shows that a patient's loyalty can be formed if a patient's satisfaction has been realized. Satisfaction can be realized if the value-customer has been felt by the patients. Therefore, the hospital image must be directly proportional to service quality. Service quality is the essence of service that directly affects customers; service quality is also the reason that shapes consumer perceptions in increasing rationalization and solid customer (patient's) decision-making.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2006

The present study examines the relative roles of external recommendations and internally felt satisfaction in influencing patient loyalty to a doctor. It establishes that recommendations do result in preliminary loyalty formation in the patient to the doctor, but only until the formation of own experiences; the significance of external sources of recommendation in the determination of patient loyalty becomes insignificant thenceforth. Implications for the doctors are that they should strive at fostering bonds of emotional attachment in their present patients so that they become strongly loyal and spread positive word-of-mouth which could result in the doctor getting new patients as well. Probable extensions of this research are also discussed later in the paper.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.89-100
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to reveal association between medical service quality, consumer satisfaction, service value and customer loyalty. Medical service quality was composed of physical quality, personal quality, technical quality, procedural quality. We thought these factors affect to the consumer satisfaction, service value and customer loyalty. For this study, 221 dental patients in Busan and Ulsan are participated in this study. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression analysis with SPSS 18.0 program. In conclusion, we obtained the next results. First, the influencing factor in consumer satisfaction were physical quality(${\beta}$=.519), personal quality(${\beta}$=.262), procedural quality(${\beta}$=.110), adjusted $R^2$=.537. Second, the influencing factor in service value were physical quality(${\beta}$=.253), personal quality(${\beta}$=.251), technical quality(${\beta}$=.210), procedural quality(${\beta}$=.136), adjusted $R^2$=.401. Third, the influencing factor in customer loyalty were personal quality(${\beta}$=.343), physical quality(${\beta}$=.302), procedural quality(${\beta}$=.148), adjusted $R^2$=.398. As dental patients' desire to medical service quality becomes diversified, the analysis result is considered to help the future dental service management.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.65-83
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• 2008

Although a variety of customer relationship management (CRM) activities have been provided by many hospitals in Korea, there lacks empirical evidence on the effect of CRM. The present study was conducted to examine the effect of CRM in terms of the customer response to CRM in a woman's hospital setting. A total of 380 patients receiving inpatient or outpatient care from woman's hospital between October 25 and November 4, 2005 were surveyed for the degree of their experience of and preference for CRM activities of the hospital by 5-point Likert-type scale. Patients were also asked about the level of customer loyalty to the hospital. Eighteen CRM activities offered by the hospital was classified into 4 types of CRM strategies according to Berry and Parasuranman: price, social, structural, and relationship recovery strategy. There's a significant positive correlation between the degree of experience of CRM and preference for CRM(r=0.49, p<0.001). Regression analysis results showed the significant positive relationship between the degree of experience of CRM and customer loyalty(${\beta}$=0.448, p<0.05). Among the 4 CRM strategies, only social(${\beta}$=0.127, p<0.05) and structural strategy(${\beta}$=0.266, p<0.05) showed signifiant positive relationship with customer loyalty. Overall, the favorable customer response to CRM in terms of preference for CRM and customer loyalty indicates that there's a positive effect of CRM on the continuity of the relationship between patients and health care providers.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.617-627
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• 2017

본 연구는 종합병원 입원환자가 인지하는 의료서비스 품질이 만족도와 충성도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위하여 경기도 일개 지역에 소재한 종합병원 입원환자 310명을 대상으로 설문조사를 통하여 자료를 수집하여 분석하였다. 본 연구의 주요결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 의료서비스 품질이 만족도에 미치는 영향은 수속절차, 입원생활(의사, 간호사), 직원 친절성, 병원 환경 및 서비스가 만족도에 통계적으로 유의미하게 나타났다(p<.001). 둘째, 의료서비스 품질이 충성도에 미치는 영향은 입원생활(간호사), 입원생활(의사), 병원 환경 및 서비스가 통계적으로 유의미하게 나타났다(p<.05). 마지막으로, 입원환자 만족도가 충성도에 미치는 영향은 통계적으로 유의미하게 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다(p<.001). 의료서비스 품질에 대한 만족도가 높을수록 충성도에 영향을 미치고, 향후 병원 재이용 및 타인에게 병원을 추천하는데 중요한 요인이 되기 때문에 경영진에서 입원환자의 만족도와 충성도를 향상시키기 위해서 의료서비스 품질에 대한 정책을 수립할 경우 반영하여야 할 것이다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1492-1497
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• 2010

고객관계관리에 대한 중요성과 관심이 증가하고 있는 현 상황에서 본 연구의 조사대상은 서울소재 종합병원을 방문한 입원환자(104명)와 외래환자(98명) 202명을 자기기입방식을 원칙으로 설문조사하였으며, 병원 만족도와 병원 충성도의 관계를 파악하기 위해 고객관계관리 관련 변수를 통해 다양한 측면에서 분석해 보았다. 그 결과 만족도와 충성도의 관계는 매우 유의했으며, 그 중에서도 외래에서는 예약 만족도가, 입원에서는 의료외서비스 만족도가 가장 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 인구학적 특성 중 연령이 충성도와 유의한 관계로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구의 결론은 의료기관을 방문하는 환자 중 충성도가 높은 환자가 만족도도 높은 것으로 나타났으므로 환자 유치를 높이기 위해 충성도 높은 환자를 많이 확보하는 것이 매우 중요하므로 충성도와 밀접한 관계인 환자의 만족도를 높일 필요가 있음을 알게 되었다. 따라서 환자의 만족도를 높이기 위한 다양한 방안을 연구할 필요가 있겠다.

• 융합경영연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the theoretical basis for assessing the strategic increase in customer perception of service quality, justice, and relationship benefits. Especially in terms of increasing relationship commitment and customer loyalty in the medical service sector. Research design: Data were collected by questionnaires through specialized hospital services. Survey was conducted on patients who have been treated at a spine specialized hospital. Results: Research shows that service quality, justice, and relationship benefits have the greatest direct impact on relationship commitment, and relationship commitment has a strong direct impact on customer loyalty in the medical service organization. Conclusions: The effect of combination of core and voluntary service behavioral attributes such as service quality, justice and relationship benefits have the most positve impact on relationship commitment and customer loyalty. Administratively, this study contributes to understanding the role of service quality, justice, and relationship benefits in the medical service sector. The results showed that in order to induce service quality, justice and relationship benefits should be facilitated relationship commitment and customer loyalty enlarged.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.41-56
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• 2011

The research was to investigate the effect of quality cognition of the web site of the facility and relationship commitment on customer loyalty. The respondents were 190 patients and caregivers. Data were collected from March 1st to 31st, 2010 at C university hospital in G city. The effect of facility web site of quality cognition and relationship commitment on customer loyalty showed 43.9%(F=35.806) in model 1, 58.4%(F=51.113) in model 2, and 58.7%(F=28.185) in model 3. Also, medical information & usage, aesthetics was significance in model 1, medical information & usage, relationship commitment in model 2. In relationship between web site quality cognition and customer loyalty, moderate effect of relationship commitment were not considerable in model 3. As a result, customer loyalty is the leading fact for quality cognition of the web site more than relationship commitment. Therefore, customer loyalty leaves its possibility of increment when facility web site is designated depending on medical information and aesthetics.