AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTITUDES OF MEDICAL TOURISTS TOWARD THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES DELIVERED BY HOSPITALS IN SHIRAZ, IRAN, USING THE SERVQUAL MODEL

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GHOLAMI MARYAM; JABBARI ALIREZA; KAVOSI ZAHRA; CHAMANPARA PARISA

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Journal: Journal of Health Information Management Year:2016 | Volume:13 | Issue:2 (48) Page(s): 145-152

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTITUDES OF MEDICAL TOURISTS TOWARD THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES DELIVERED BY HOSPITALS IN SHIRAZ, IRAN, USING THE SERVQUAL MODEL

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GHOLAMI MARYAM | JABBARI ALIREZA | KAVOSI ZAHRA | CHAMANPARA PARISA | Issue Writer Certificate

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SERVICE QUALITYQ2

MEDICAL TOURISMQ2

SERVQUALQ2

HOSPITALSQ3

SHIRAZQ2

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Introduction: MEDICAL TOURISM is one of the branches of the tourism industry and, due to its low cost vs. high income, many countries seek to maximize their competitive resources in order to develop this industry. Moreover, improving SERVICE QUALITY is considered a key factor in gaining medical tourists' satisfaction. In Iran, SHIRAZ is one of the main destinations of medical tourists; therefore, the present study aimed to determine medical tourists' expectations and perceptions of the quality of services provided by HOSPITALS in SHIRAZ, Iran.Methods: The current study is an analytical, applied, and cross-sectional study which was carried out in 2013. The study population consisted of 200 medical tourists who referred to HOSPITALS in SHIRAZ (Ordibehesht, Doctor Khodadoust, Pars, Madar and Koudak, and Markazi and Dena). In order to collect information, an adaptation of the SERVQUAL questionnaire was used.The validity of this questionnaire was approved by experts and its reliability was confirmed separately for expectations and perceptions using Cronbach’s alpha (90% and 89%, respectively). Data were analyzed using paired t-test in SPSS software.Results: The findings of this study showed negative gaps in all dimensions of quality. Overall quality gap was estimated to be -0.38. The largest gap pertained to the dimension of reliability (-0.6) and the smallest was related to the dimension of access to care (-0.08).Conclusion: The present study showed that the quality of services did not correspond to medical tourists’ expectations and needed improvement. Moreover, improving the reliability aspect of the services provided by HOSPITALS can be an effective factor in increasing the satisfaction of medical tourists.

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GHOLAMI, MARYAM, JABBARI, ALIREZA, KAVOSI, ZAHRA, & CHAMANPARA, PARISA. (2016). AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTITUDES OF MEDICAL TOURISTS TOWARD THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES DELIVERED BY HOSPITALS IN SHIRAZ, IRAN, USING THE SERVQUAL MODEL. HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, 13(2 (48)), 145-152. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/121683/en

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GHOLAMI MARYAM, JABBARI ALIREZA, KAVOSI ZAHRA, CHAMANPARA PARISA. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTITUDES OF MEDICAL TOURISTS TOWARD THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES DELIVERED BY HOSPITALS IN SHIRAZ, IRAN, USING THE SERVQUAL MODEL. HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT[Internet]. 2016;13(2 (48)):145-152. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/121683/en

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MARYAM GHOLAMI, ALIREZA JABBARI, ZAHRA KAVOSI, and PARISA CHAMANPARA, “AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTITUDES OF MEDICAL TOURISTS TOWARD THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES DELIVERED BY HOSPITALS IN SHIRAZ, IRAN, USING THE SERVQUAL MODEL,” HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, vol. 13, no. 2 (48), pp. 145–152, 2016, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/121683/en

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