A patient-focused service quality hierarchy for tertiary medical centers with the use of AHP

Date of Publication

2009

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Defense Panel Member

Julito Ramon Rummel V. Atienza
Richard C. Li
Willy F. Zalatar

Abstract/Summary

There is an increasing trend in the role of the healthcare industry as a driving factor of the economy. To ensure that the effectiveness of the healthcare system, various institutions produces measurement tools in order to determine the quality of the hospital. One of the more important quality indicators that are measured by the hospital is the perceived quality. The perceived quality is determined by how the public is measured by the hospital. In this sense, most hospitals do not have a consensus on what the determinants of perceived quality should be. This led to different measuring instruments in the form of hospital surveys which is directed to only measuring one quality indicator. This study addresses the problems of the differing measuring tools and basis for perceived quality by applying a methodology for measuring the perceived quality of the tertiary hospitals around metro manila through the use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The AHP provides weights for each perceived quality component to determine its importance to the public. The results show that the main components of service quality should revolve around the following factors: process, content and outcome. The study included the insignificant factors in order to incorporate the contributions of all factors. Therefore the hierarchy for tertiary hospitals consists of the following components: Structure (18.35%), Content (23.44%), Process (23.47%), and Outcome (34.74). In line with the results, the study also created its own measurement tool that provides more focus to the components that were deemed important by the AHP which leads to a more patient-friendly, and patient-focus means of measuring perceived quality.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU15309

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

128 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Hospitals--Philippines--Metro Manila; Medical care--Philippines--Metro Manila; Patient satisfaction; Hospitals--Administration; Medical care--Decision making

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