{"title":"Measuring patient satisfaction in healthcare organizations: qualitative and quantitative approaches.","authors":"M D Fottler, R C Ford, S A Bach","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patient perceptions of the quality of services provided are a key factor in determining a healthcare organization's competitive advantage and survival. This article examines the advantages, disadvantages, and problems associated with nine different qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring patient satisfaction with service quality and concludes with guidelines for measurement of patient satisfaction and implementation of managerial follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":79476,"journal":{"name":"Best practices and benchmarking in healthcare : a practical journal for clinical and management application","volume":"2 6","pages":"227-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Best practices and benchmarking in healthcare : a practical journal for clinical and management application","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Patient perceptions of the quality of services provided are a key factor in determining a healthcare organization's competitive advantage and survival. This article examines the advantages, disadvantages, and problems associated with nine different qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring patient satisfaction with service quality and concludes with guidelines for measurement of patient satisfaction and implementation of managerial follow-up.