A study on Gap Analysis of Health care services

Everil Fernandes

ISBN 10: 3659434582 / ISBN 13: 9783659434587

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Aug 2013, 2013

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Neuware -Marketing is vital to the survival of any organization including health care delivery organizations. Assessment of quality of services provided by the hospitals in these days has been a serious concern for hospitals and health care organizations owing to the excessive demands imposed on them by users, consumers, government and society at large. In addition to the quality of services, measurement of patient satisfaction also has been encouraged by growing consumer orientation in health care, especially since it yields information about consumer views in a form which can be used for comparison and monitoring. The major focus of this study is to identify the gaps of the service providers if any. To Identify the gaps the 7 P's of Marketing were used as a base. A prominent hospital in Mangalore is considered for the study.A comprehensive service quality measurement scale SERVQUAL is given prime attention in the present study. 56 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A study on Gap Analysis of Health care services
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Aug 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659434582
• ISBN 13: 9783659434587
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 4D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 4 millimeters depth
• Weight: 102 grams

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Synopsis

Marketing is vital to the survival of any organization including health care delivery organizations. Assessment of quality of services provided by the hospitals in these days has been a serious concern for hospitals and health care organizations owing to the excessive demands imposed on them by users, consumers, government and society at large. In addition to the quality of services, measurement of patient satisfaction also has been encouraged by growing consumer orientation in health care, especially since it yields information about consumer views in a form which can be used for comparison and monitoring. The major focus of this study is to identify the gaps of the service providers if any. To Identify the gaps the 7 P's of Marketing were used as a base. A prominent hospital in Mangalore is considered for the study.A comprehensive service quality measurement scale SERVQUAL is given prime attention in the present study.

About the Author

After acquiring an MBA in Marketing from VTU,I began my career as an academician teaching Post graduate student for a year after which I set to pursue my advanced studies in research in the area of Hospitality and Tourism. Now devoted my full time into research.