Development and validation of a scale for measuring hospital service quality: a dyadic approach
Purpose - This study integrates the providers' perspective as well as the patient's perspective in developing and validating a scale to measure hospital service quality in multispecialty hospitals. Design/methodology/approach - An exploratory sequential mixed-method approach was used in th...
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College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University,
2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Purpose - This study integrates the providers' perspective as well as the patient's perspective in developing and validating a scale to measure hospital service quality in multispecialty hospitals. Design/methodology/approach - An exploratory sequential mixed-method approach was used in this study. The strategies used included a thematic literature review, semi-structured interviews, modified Delphi and confirmatory factor analysis. Findings - The reliability coefficient of 41 item scale was 0.963 with each attribute, that is, pivotal, core and peripheral, having a Cronbach's alpha of 0.907, 0.91 and 0.891, with scale content validity (S-CVI Ave) of 0.9151. The composite reliability scores of all constructs were greater than 0.7, with an Average Variance Explained (AVE) of all items greater than 0.5. Originality/value - The instrument can be used to measure the difference between what service providers believe customers expect and customers' actual needs and expectations. The scale can be used to measure the difference between what is delivered (as perceived by the provider) and what customers perceive they have received (because they are unable to accurately evaluate service quality). The dyadic approach of administering this questionnaire in measuring hospital service quality will lead to the identification of a knowledge gap and a perception gap in delivering hospital service quality. |
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| Item Description: | 0857-4421 2586-940X 10.1108/JHR-08-2020-0329 |