Exploring patient's experiential values and its impact on service quality assessment by Indian consumers in public health institution: A qualitative study

Dhal, Alisha and Sharma, Anjali (2021) Exploring patient's experiential values and its impact on service quality assessment by Indian consumers in public health institution: A qualitative study. Journal of Public Affairs. ISSN 14723891 (In Press)

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Abstract

Satisfying patients is one of the essential facets of healthcare initiatives by any nation. The provision of high-quality services is indispensable for the success of any service provider. This article aims to help determine experiential values that would aid in understanding the concept of healthcare quality assessment which has long been a means of controversy in practice and academic literature. Patient's experiential values, both extrinsic and intrinsic, impact the way patients assess the quality in terms of the service benefits received by them. This article has adopted a qualitative method to find and develop a patient-centric quality assessment framework. Ten interviews were conducted with patients admitted more than a day in the private ward of a public hospital and their relatives who accompanied them (i.e., five patients and five relatives). Nvivo 12 Pro generates themes from the interviews and then triangulates with the observations and literature. With the help of this study, we could find the extrinsic and intrinsic factors that help in assessing the service quality. The intrinsic factors namely: belief, trust, safety, convenience, and confidence and extrinsic factors namely: cleanliness, facilities, access, and service delivery prove helpful in service quality assessment. Practitioners and policymakers can adapt this study to increase performance and deliver patient-centered services.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Health Care | Patient Experiential Management | Public Health | Service quality
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Business, Management and Accounting > Organizational Behaviour
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2022 08:43
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2022 06:12
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2800
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/1115

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