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The Influence of Hospital Brand Image and Service Quality on the Patients
Loyalty Which IsMediated by the Patients Satisfaction at
Qadr Hospital in Tangerang
Eni Trismiati
Graduate Program in Management Masters Degree at Esa Unggul University
Jakarta
enitrismiatisularso@yahoo.co.id
Abstract
Brand image and service quality are crucial for hospitals to make patients feel
satisfied with the services provided, which will eventually improve the patients
loyalty. The formulation of the problem in this study is to find out whether
hospital's brand image, service quality and patients satisfaction influence
patients loyalty. This research aims to determine the effects of hospital brand
image and service qualityon patients loyalty mediated by the patients
satisfaction in outpatient hospital units of Qadr Hospital Tangerang. The design of
this research is explanatory research. The population in this study are outpatients
treated at the Qadr Hospital with a sample of 150 respondents. Sampling
technique used is accidental sampling method. The data quality testing
used Factor Analysis for validity test and Cronbach's Alpha for reliability
test. The collected data is processed by using SEM (stuctural Equation
Model) which is operated by lisrel 8.3 software as a tool of analysis. The results
show that hospital brand image has a significant and positive effect on patients
satisfaction, brand image has a significant influence and positive impact on
patients loyalty, service quality has a significant and positive effect on Patients
Satisfaction, Service quality has a significant and positive influence on patients
loyalty, and Patients Satisfaction has a significant and positive impact on
patients loyalty. In conclusion, it is proven in this study that hospital brand image
and good quality service can improve patients satisfaction and loyalty. It is
recommended that the management of Qadr Hospital improve the hospital brand
image and service quality so that both can have an impact on patients satisfaction
and increase patients loyalty.
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Good health services must
Service quality meet the following basic
According to requirements (Anwar, 1996): (a)
Parasuraman, et.al in MN nasution: Available and sustainable, meaning
Service quality is a global that the kinds of health services
judgements or attitude concerning needed by the public are not hard to
the superiority of the services find, and is always available in the
performed by comparing customers community at all times; (B)
perceptions and acceptable and reasonable, meaning
expectations. According to Lovelock that it is not contrary to the
and Lauren: Service qualitys is a confidence and trust of the
long-term customers cognitive public; (C) Easily accessible, to
evaluation of the delivery of services achieve good services, the
of a company. Tjiptono and Gregory, distribution of health facilities is very
Berry, Parasuraman in MN Nasution important, so there is no
has identified five groups of concentration of health facilities only
characteristics used in evaluating in certain areas; (D) affordable,
customers service, as follows: (1) meaning that health care costs must
Tangible, in the form of appearance be set in accordance with the
of physical facilities, equipment, peoples economic ability; (E)
personnel and means of Quality, which refers to the degree of
communication; (2) Reliability, the perfection of the health services
ability of health services to provide provided, which on one hand
the promised services immediately satisfies the service users, and on the
and satisfactorily; (3) other hands its arrangement is in
Responsiveness, namely the accordance with the stipulated code
willingness of staff to assist of ethics and standards.
customers and provide responsive
services; (4) Insurance, included in it Patients satisfaction
the ability, courtesy, and According to oliver in MN
trustworthiness performed by the Nasution Customers satisfaction is
staff who are free from danger, risk an after-sale evaluation, on which
or doubt; (5) Empathy, which the perception of the performance of
includes the ease of relationships, selected products meets or
good communication, and exceedspre-sale expectations. If the
understanding of customer needs performance does not meet the
expected perception, dissatisfaction
Health Care Quality occurs, according to Kotler and
Service quality is the best Keller (2009). Meanwhile, according
service that is performed by a person, to Tse and Wilton in Tjiptono and
group or institution that gives Gregory, customers satisfaction is
satisfaction to customers or the the customers responses to the
public and in turn the satisfaction perception evaluation on the
will create customers loyalty to a difference between the initial
person or community / group / expectations and the perceived
institution that provides the services. service after the consumption of the
product. Aditama identifies that purchase. Meanwhile, according to
patients are those treated in Sheth and Mittal in Tjiptono,
hospital. To create patients customers loyalty is customers
satisfaction, Hospitals must create commitment to a brand, stores or
and manage a system to obtain more suppliers, based on a very positive
patients and to retain attitude and is reflected in a
patients. However, the efforts to consistent repeat purchases.
improvethe perfection of satisfaction
to grab customerscan be done in a Hospital
variety of strategies. Hospital is a public
facility that serves as a center for
Loyalty health care, which includes the
Customer loyalty is a repeat prevention and cure for diseases, as
purchase made by a customer for a well as the maintenance,
commitment to a brand or improvement and complete health
company. (Kotler). Mowen and recovery. Based on Law No. 44 of
Minor in Suningsih defines loyalty as 2009 on hospitals, a hospital is a
a condition where the customers health care institution that organizes
have a positive attitude toward a complete personal health services
brand, have a commitment to the that provides inpatient, outpatient
brand, and intend to continue to and emergency health
purchase in the future. Another care. WHO (World Health
definition of loyalty from Organization) explains that hospital
Dhammesta says that customers is an integrated social and medical
loyalty shows a tendency to use a organization that serves as a center
particular brand with a high level of for health care providers, both
consistency. This means that loyalty preventive healing and training
is always associated with customers center and social-biological research.
preferences and actual
Citra
Merek RS
X1 Kepuasan Loyalitas
Pasien Pasien
Y1 Y2
Kualitas
Layanan
X2
Figure 2: T Values
Table 2: The Measurement of Validity and Reliability Model SEM
Standardized
Latent T
Indicator Loading Error CR VE
Variabels Values
Factor
CM1 0.6 0.6 12.3 0.6
Hospital CM2 0.8 0.4 16.5
Brand CM3 0.8 0.4 12.1 0.9
Image CM4 0.8 0.4 15.7
CM5 1.0 0.0 26.0
Tangible 0.8 0.3 17.2 0.6
Reliability 0.8 0.4 15.7
Service
Responsiveness 0.8 0.3 17.8 0.9
quality
Assurance 0.7 0.5 14.9
Emphaty 0.8 0.4 18.1
L1 0.6 0.6 12.2 0.5
Loyalty L2 0.8 0.4 9.3 0.7
L3 0.7 0.5 9.0
Patients
0.8 0.7
satisfaction K1 0.8 0.4 9.0
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reliable or capable to measure the offit model (Goodness of Fit
contructs. Indices).
The results of Goodnesfit Of
Fit test is as follow: the result of Chi-
Square test on exogenous construct Evaluation of Structural
obtain a value of 1.860, which is Model (Inner Model)
below the value of Chi-Square- Structural model can be
ValueCutt-off 3, RMR 0073, evaluated by looking at the value of
RMSEA = 0.074, GFI = 0.980, AGFI R 2 on endogenous variables and
= 0960 , CFI 0970, NFI = 0990, coefficients of path parameter (path
NNFI = 0990, IFI = 0990, RFI = coeficient parameter). The following
0950. These results indicate that is the hypothesis discussed in this
CONSTRUCTS meet the criteria study:
CONCLUSION improvingpatients
Based on data obtained and the satisfaction. Therefore, the Qadr
analysis conducted, it can be hospital should pay very much
concludedas follows: attention to the service quality given
Brand image has a significant to its patients. Service quality has a
influence and positive impact on significant influence and positive
patients satisfaction. The first impact on patients loyalty.This
hypothesis that brand image has an fourth hypothesis that the service
influence on patients satisfactionis quality has an influence on patients
statistically proven. Therefore, to loyaltyis also statistically
improve patients satisfaction, Qadr proven. Good quality services will
Hospital is expected to continue to have an impact on patients
maintain the good brand image of the satisfaction and will contribute to
hospital. Then, the second hypothesis patients retention and loyalty. The
that brand image has a significant hospital profitability will increase
influence and positive impact on along with the increase in patients
patients loyaltyis alsostatistically loyalty.
proven. This suggests that a good Patients satisfaction has a
brand image can increase loyalty, significant influence and positive
which, in the end of the day, will impact on patients loyalty. This fifth
affect the profitability of Qadr hypothesis that the service quality
Hospital. has an influence on patients
Service quality has a loyaltyis statistically proven. Patients
significant influence and positive who are satisfied with the services
impact on patients satisfaction, this will remain faithful to Qadr hospital
third hypothesis that the quality of in the future.
the service has an influence on
patients satisfactionis statistically Managerial Implications
proven. This shows the importance For the managerial
of service quality in implication of the study, the
writerdicovered that this study could It is advisable that Qadr
become an input for the management Hospital Management actively
of the Qadr Hospital, Islamic Village evaluate patients satisfaction,
Tangerang, which will implicate on particularly outpatients,by paying
the managerial policy in accordance attention to questionnaires obtained
with the hospitals priority. as an evaluation tool to find out the
The results could be used as a levels of patients satisfaction. It is
point for consideration and recommendedthat the management
evaluation on the hospital brand immediately respond for
image, service quality, patients improvement if there is a complaint
satisfaction and patients loyalty. In from patients regarding the service
addition to that, the results of this qualityprovided and that the
study can be used to determine management implementcompetency-
factors that can increase a hospital and-capability-based customer
brand image, service quality, relationship strategies in serving the
patients satisfaction and patients customers or patients.
loyalty. It is recommended that the It is also recommended that
management of Qadr Hospital be management pay attention to doctors,
able toimprove the brand image of nurses and other personnels in Qadr
this Islamic-nuanced Hospital in order that they are able to
hospital. Maintaining a good brand provide a quality service in
image can be carried out by accordance with the existing
minimizing errors in running the standards. Doctors and nurses are the
operations of the hospital. In doing frontline service providers and
so, i.e, immediately following up therefore require necessary education
complaints of patients such as dirty and training on a regular basis to
environment, doctorstardinessand improve the service quality provided
others are some of the occurring to patients.
errors. It is also suggested that the
Qadr Hospital Management is hospital management increase
expected to be able evaluate the patients loyalty in Qadr Hospitalby
service qualitygiven to its patients, increasingpatients
particularly outpatients , so that it satisfaction. Patients will feel
can meet or even exceed the patients satisfied when the service received is
expectations. Health facilities as in accordance with the expectations
supporting means of service quality and therefore, strategies to improve
can also be improved by ways of, service quality should be a routine
i.e., re-painting the building to make performed program and
it look brighter and cleaner. In isregularlyevaluated. Then, In order
addition, health tools that support to increase patients loyalty, it is
service qualityshould always be recommended to enhance service
checked regularly so that the excellence and rid factors that pose
products of medical examinationare obstacles in increasing patients
accountable. Medical devices that are loyalty.
already out of date are supposed to
be replaced or updated immediately.
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