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1Management Department, Antai Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China. y.y.huang84@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate service quality gaps among 3 roles (ie, hospital executives, frontline employees, and outpatients). A modified Chinese SERVQUAL scale was used to pinpoint dimension-specific quality gaps. A total of 1556 subjects (including 685 outpatients, 787 frontline employees, and 84 executives) were randomly selected from 12 middle-sized hospitals across Taiwan. Significant quality gaps among the 3 roles for 5 dimensions were found. Accordingly, strategies and tactics for improving service quality of hospitals are discussed.
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