Hospital service quality as expercted and perceived by inpatients and that as perceived and actual practice by staff nurses, central and general hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Health, central region
Abstract:
To compose hospital service quality as expected and as perceived by inpatients, to compare hospital service quality as expected by inpatents and that as perceived by staff nurses, to compare inpatients expectation of hospital service quality as perceived by staff nurses and that as they had provided to inpatients as they reported, and to compare hospital service quality provided by staff nurses and that as perceived by inpatients. A sample of 397 inpatients and 380 staff nurses were selected through multi-stage sampling technique. The two sets of instrument for inpatients and staff nurses were rating scale, developed from the research results of Panida Damapong et al (1998). The reliability of the instruments, tested by Cronbach Coefficient, were .9618 and .9721 respectionally. The results : 1. Hospital service quality as expected and as perceived by inpatients, both the whole and of each aspect, were significant differences at the .05 level. Means scores of inpatients expectation was higher than that of perception. 2. Hospital service quality as expected by inpatients and that as perceived by staff nurses were not significant difference, while the aspect of tangibles and personnel ethics were significant differences at the .05 level. 3. Perception of staff nurses concerning hospital service quality as expected by inpatients, at the .05 level and that they provided to the inpatients as the reported, were significant differences at the .05 level. 4. Providing of hospital service quality as reported by staff nurses and that as perceived by inpatients, both the whole and each aspect were significant differences at the .05 level