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Research Paper |
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A Study of Service Quality Management on Health Care Industry in Bangalore |
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India |
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H. S. Murthy |
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10.9790/487X-0153744  |
A STUDY OF SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT ON HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IN BANGALORE
1. Introduction
Since the 90s and more recently, the healthcare sector has witnessed corporatization in a big way .The private hospitals inBangalore are competing with best Government hospitals as also the best private hospitals of the world.
2. Objective
To measure the quality of healthcare products and service being delivered and to identify factors that influence the patients’ and beneficiaries’ confidence and comfort level. The key hypothesis is: Relationship management plays a vital role.
3. Methodology
We measure service quality using the Servqual model of Parasuraman ,on 5 dimensions :Tangibles, Responsiveness Reliability, Assurance.Empathy by survey method, on a 5 point Likert scale, of sample size 500, on Non random (convenience) Snow Ball sampling method and then analysed using SPSS.
4. Findings
“Did the Nurse come”,a measure of empathy came out as the most important, “Hospital Equipped”(Tangibles), and “Rate your Doctor”.(Reliability) as the 2nd and 3rd factors.
The above variables are statistically significant (p=.001) with t values more than twice the standard error.
5. Suggestions & Conclusion
Empirical survey showed that the three dimensions of Empathy (Did the nurse come), Tangibles (Is the Hospital Well Equipped) and Reliability (Rate your doctor) are key factors.
The main recommendation is to take care in the recruitment and training of nurses, on basis of their affection towards people. Nurses, who are highly skilled, should be upgraded as Nurse Practioners and treated and paid on par with doctors.
This study shows how macro and micro factors affect the health care situation and identifies Empathy as a key factor on which private hospitals score over public hospitals. Thus, the main hypothesis of the study, which is that relationship management plays a vital role in the health care system, is validated.
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