Eni Trismiati
Graduate Program in Management Masters Degree at Esa Unggul University Jakarta
enitrismiatisularso@yahoo.co.id
Abstract
Brand image and service qualityare 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 satisfactioninfluence patients
loyalty. This research aims to determine the effects of hospital brand image
andservice 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 hospitalbrand 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
increasepatients loyalty.
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Kepuasan Loyalitas
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HYPOTHESES AND to patients, but also how the patient
RESEARCH MODEL feels comfortable with the conditions
Da Silva et al. States that image and situations that hospitals
is correlated with customers create. Thusthe 3rd hypothesis is put
satisfaction. On the basis of the the forward, as follows:
customers (patient) experience, they H 3: Service qualityhas an affect
will providejudgements and an on the increase ofPatients
evaluation of the overall service satisfaction
performance of the hospital. Based
on the comparison of the expected Customer loyalty depicts
service qualityand the performed customers commitment to reuse
service quality, customers will leave services needed in the future. High
a positive or negative or even neutral loyalty from the community will
emotions, depending on whether the save some costs for the
customer's expectations are met or hospital. When the service
not.Based on this, the proposed productsrendered by a hospital
hypothesis is as follows: exceed expectations, it will lead to
the patients satisfaction so that the
H 1: Hospital brand image has an customers intention to re-use the
effect on the increase of Patients services will increase. Based on this
satisfaction. hypothesis, the 4th hypothesis is
Marilees and Fry discovered that proposed as follows:
image has a direct effect on H 4: Service qualityhas an affect
loyalty. Image is an obvious on the increase inpatients loyalty.
predictor of customers
loyalty. Good image will form a Patients satisfaction will
public mindset on where to go to get produce a positive impact on the
health services, that when people hospital. If patients are satisfied with
have health problems, they the services provided by the hospital,
accordingly will think of a hospital they will hold a perception that the
based on their experiences or based hospital has given good services to
on the information they have the community. Patients who are
received. The 2nd hypothesis can be satisfied with the serviceswill have
formulated as follows: an increased trust and confidence in
H 2: Hospital brand image has an the hospitals optimum service
affect on the increase of patients provision, so that the patients will
loyalty remain faithful to use the services of
the hospital in the future. Based on
Wu, said that high service this, the 5th hypothesis is proposed
qualityis correlated with high as follows: ,
customers satisfaction. Patients H 5: Patients satisfactionhas an
satisfaction serves as a medium for effect on Patients loyalty
service quality and behavioral
intentions. The quality of health care METHOD
is not just concerned with how Sampling and Data Collection
medical personnel provides services
Based on the results, it is better the brand image hospital is, the
understood that the variable of more loyal the patients will be.
Hospital brand image significantly This study result is inaccordance
influences and has positive impact on with the study conducted byWu
patients satisfaction in the (2010) which discovered that the
Outpatient Unit of Qadr Hospital, brand image of the hospital has direct
Tangerang. This means that the and indirect effects on patients
better the brand image of a hospital loyalty.This means that the brand
is, the more patients will come as image of the hospital, with an
they feel satistfied. addition of service quality, not only
The result above is directly increasespatients loyalty but
similar to the research conducted by also increase patients satisfaction,
Neneng Syamsiah (2009) which and later on increases patients re-
states that there is a positive effect of visit intention.
the brand image on customers
perceived value toward the The Effect of Service quality
hospital. The result of this study also onPatients satisfaction
has a similar result with the studies Based on the results of the study,
conducted by Wu (2010) and the data obtained shows that the
Thomas (2008). variable of sevice quality
significantly influences and has a
The Influence of Hospital Brand positive impact on patients
Image onPatients loyalty satisfaction in the Outpatient Unit of
Based on the results obtained, it Qadr Hospital, Tangerang. This
can be depicted that a variable means that the higher the service
ofhospital brand image significantly quality is, the greater the patients
influences and has a positive impact satisfaction will be.
on Patients loyalty in Outpatient The result supportsthe previous
Unit of Qadr Hospital, research conducted by Thomas. K
Tangerang. This means that the (2011) which discovered that service
quality proved to give a positive and
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CONCLUSION
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Based on data obtained and the hospital should pay very much
analysis conducted, it can be attention to the service quality given
concludedas follows: to its patients. Service quality has a
Brand image has a significant significant influence and positive
influence and positive impact on impact on patients loyalty.This
patients satisfaction. The first fourth hypothesis that the service
hypothesis that brand image has an quality has an influence on patients
influence on patients satisfactionis loyaltyis also statistically
statistically proven. Therefore, to proven. Good quality services will
improve patients satisfaction, Qadr have an impact on patients
Hospital is expected to continue to satisfaction and will contribute to
maintain the good brand image of the patients retention and loyalty. The
hospital. Then, the second hypothesis hospital profitability will increase
that brand image has a significant along with the increase in patients
influence and positive impact on loyalty.
patients loyaltyis alsostatistically Patients satisfaction has a
proven. This suggests that a good significant influence and positive
brand image can increase loyalty, impact on patients loyalty. This fifth
which, in the end of the day, will hypothesis that the service quality
affect the profitability of Qadr has an influence on patients
Hospital. loyaltyis statistically proven. Patients
Service quality has a who are satisfied with the services
significant influence and positive will remain faithful to Qadr hospital
impact on patients satisfaction, this in the future.
third hypothesis that the quality of
the service has an influence on Managerial Implications
patients satisfactionis statistically For the managerial
proven. This shows the importance implication of the study, the
of service quality in writerdicovered that this study could
improvingpatients become an input for the management
satisfaction. Therefore, the Qadr of the Qadr Hospital, Islamic Village
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Hospital in order that they are able to satisfaction. Patients will feel
provide a quality service in satisfied when the service received is
accordance with the existing in accordance with the expectations
standards. Doctors and nurses are the and therefore, strategies to improve
frontline service providers and service quality should be a routine
therefore require necessary education performed program and
and training on a regular basis to isregularlyevaluated. Then, In order
improve the service quality provided to increase patients loyalty, it is
to patients. recommended to enhance service
It is also suggested that the excellence and rid factors that pose
hospital management increase obstacles in increasing patients
patients loyalty in Qadr Hospitalby loyalty.
increasingpatients