Affiliation:
1. Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
2. Department of Healthcare Management, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
3. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
Abstract
Abstract
Health providers are striving to create a more positive, patient-centred experience. However, existing scholarly research about the association between determinants of patient choice of provider and patient-reported experience remains insufficient to effectively promote patient-centredness in healthcare systems. This study used a sample from the nationally representative 2020 Healthcare Experience Survey. Among the respondents (n = 12 133), 6809 who used outpatient services were selected for analysis. The variable of interest was the determinant of the patient choice of provider, and the dependent variables were patient-reported experiences (e.g. general satisfaction, experience with doctors, and experience with health providers and nurses). Data were analyzed using a multivariable logistic regression model by correcting for covariates. General satisfaction was positively associated with providers’ expertise factors and public image factors [providers’ expertise factors: odds ratio (OR), 2.96; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.44–3.59; public image factors: OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.02–1.55] satisfied more general satisfaction. Similar results were found for experience with doctors (providers’ expertise factors: OR, 4.50; 95% CI, 2.77–7.32; other factors: OR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.16–0.81) and experience with health providers and nurses (providers’ expertise factors: OR, 2.66; 95% CI, 1.99–3.57; image factors: OR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.09–2.14). Our study’s findings suggest that to improve patient-reported experience, health providers must better manage providers’ expertise factors and public image factors. Health providers can improve patient-reported experience by increasing communication skills and proper information about the nature is important. Moreover, health providers must manage public image factors comprehensively and continuously by maintaining good quality of care and to brand patients.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy,General Medicine
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