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Yahya Ali Laghbi1,2, Mohammed Al Dhoayan1,2
1Department of Health Informatics, CPHHI, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Customer perceptions of community pharmacies in Riyadh were analyzed using Google Maps data. Review sentiment significantly impacts willingness to write reviews, highlighting the importance of customer experience.
Area of Science:
- Pharmacy Practice
- Digital Health
- Customer Experience Research
Background:
- Community pharmacies are vital healthcare touchpoints.
- Understanding customer perceptions is crucial for service improvement.
- Online reviews offer a rich source of public opinion.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze customer perceptions of community pharmacies in Riyadh using Google Maps data.
- To investigate factors influencing review writing and sentiment.
- To explore the relationship between pharmacy scores and review content.
Main Methods:
- Data scraping from Google Maps API for 512 pharmacies in Riyadh.
- Collection of 17,237 customer reviews.
- Application of logistic regression, sentiment analysis (VADER), and chi-square tests.
Main Results:
- A higher pharmacy score significantly increases the odds of a positive review (odds ratio ≈ 3.734).
- A statistically significant difference exists between written and unwritten reviews (p < 0.001).
- A significant relationship was found between rating scores and review sentiments (p = 0.000).
Conclusions:
- Customer willingness to write reviews is influenced by their perceptions.
- Sentiment analysis of online reviews provides valuable insights into pharmacy services.
- Google Maps data offers a novel approach to understanding community pharmacy customer experiences.
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