Happy employees lead to loyal patients
Article Abstract:
A survey of 200 nurses and 700 patients at a Midwestern hospital revealing that healthcare employee satisfaction has much to do with patient loyalty has implications for health care marketers. Customer loyalty, referrals, and repeat purchase behavior at a hospital can all be encouraged through the image of employee satisfaction. Findings show that nurses who are unhappy with their jobs have a hard time concealing their feelings from their patients.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Care Marketing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0737-3252
Year: 1996
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Eliminate the negative: managers should optimize rather than maximize performance to enhance patient satisfaction
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An evaluation of patients' satisfaction with their primary care physicians (PCP) revealed that a specific quality-of-care attribute can have a greater negative impact than positive impact on a PCP's overall rating. The implications of that finding, for healthcare managers, are discussed. Managers can achieve greater patient-satisfaction gains by eliminating negative performance for specific attributes than by boosting positive performance.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Care Marketing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0737-3252
Year: 1996
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