Asian Nurs Res.  2017 Jun;11(2):142-149. 10.1016/j.anr.2017.05.008.

The Effects of Korean Medical Service Quality and Satisfaction on Revisit Intention of the United Arab Emirates Government Sponsored Patients

Affiliations
  • 1Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Cheongju, South Korea.
  • 2Department of Nursing, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea. kyung11@cbnu.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate medical service quality, satisfaction and to examine factors influencing hospital revisit intention of the United Arab Emirates government sponsored patients in Korea.
METHODS
A total of 152 UAE government sponsored patients who visited Korean hospitals participated in the questionnaire survey from August to November 2016. Stepwise multiple regression was used to identify the factors that affected the revisit intention of the participants.
RESULTS
The mean scores of medical service quality, satisfaction, and revisit intention were 5.72 out of 7, 88.88 out of 100, 4.59 out of 5, respectively. Medical service quality and satisfaction, Medical service quality and revisit intention, satisfaction and revisit intention were positively correlated. Medical service of physician, visiting routes and responsiveness of medical service quality explained about 23.8% of revisit intention.
CONCLUSIONS
There are needs for physicians to communicate with patients while ensuring sufficient consultation time based on excellent medical skills and nurses to respond immediately for the patients' needs through an empathic encounter in order to improve medical service quality and patient satisfaction so that to increase the revisit intention of the United Arab Emirates government sponsored patients. Further, it is necessary for the hospitals to have support plans for providing country specialized services in consideration of the UAE culture to ensure that physicians' and nurses' competencies are not undervalued by non-medical service elements such as interpreters and meals.

Keyword

Health services; Personal satisfaction; Intention; Patients

MeSH Terms

Health Services
Humans
Intention*
Korea
Meals
Patient Satisfaction
Personal Satisfaction
United Arab Emirates*
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