2013
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2169
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The impact of total quality service (TQS) on healthcare and patient satisfaction: An empirical study of Turkish private and public hospitals

Abstract: This paper attempts to measure patients' perceptions of the quality of services in public and private healthcare centers in Turkey. The main aim was to examine the impact of the dimensions of patient-perceived total quality service (TQS) on patients' satisfaction. The research framework and hypotheses are derived from a literature review of service quality and quality in the healthcare industry. The research data were collected through questionnaires and then statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics… Show more

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“…16,39 Less Commonly Described Dimensions. Other factors perceived by patients as consistent with high quality are the availability of patient education resources (4 studies), 10,12,19 the adequacy and effectiveness of pain control (cited in 4 inpatient and emergency care encounter studies), 12,15,34,40 the availability of an EMR and electronic health information exchange (3 studies), 7,36 the quality of the hospital discharge process (2 studies), 28,37 and the availability of and access to preventive services (2 studies). 22 …”
Section: Patient Perceptions Of Health Care Qualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…16,39 Less Commonly Described Dimensions. Other factors perceived by patients as consistent with high quality are the availability of patient education resources (4 studies), 10,12,19 the adequacy and effectiveness of pain control (cited in 4 inpatient and emergency care encounter studies), 12,15,34,40 the availability of an EMR and electronic health information exchange (3 studies), 7,36 the quality of the hospital discharge process (2 studies), 28,37 and the availability of and access to preventive services (2 studies). 22 …”
Section: Patient Perceptions Of Health Care Qualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The hospitalization period of the users forwarded by the emergency service was similar to the mean 18 days of hospitalization at a surgical inpatient service of a teaching hospital in Ancara, Turkey. (17) In addition, that group demonstrated higher mean satisfaction with care. This finding -longer hospitalization and higher satisfaction -differs from the results of an international study that associated a correlation model, identifying that, when the quality of care is high, the hospitalization is shorter and the satisfaction results are better.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Turkish healthcare management researchers have primarily focused on the efficiency of hospitals (Sahin and Ozcan, ; Ozgulbas and Kisa, ; Turkeli and Ercek, ; Gok and Sezen, ; Erus and Hatipoglu, ), patient satisfaction related to service quality (Tengilimoglu et al ., ; Taner and Anthony, ; Aksan et al ., ; Zaim et al ., ; Akdag and Zineldin, ; Bakan et al ., ) and the job satisfaction of healthcare staff (Bodur, ; Burke et al ., ; Akdere et al ., ). Research on the organizational behavior of health personnel is limited; thus, the paper aims to analyze power and trust exchanges in the supervisor–subordinate dyad in public hospital context.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%