Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH)

A contrived cross-sectional study was conducted among medical inpatients admitted to the medical wards of a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH) in the Kota Bharu district to study patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in both hospitals. A validated, self-administered patie...

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Main Authors: Mohd Zamri Md Ali, Than Winn, Mohd Ayub Sadiq, Aziz Baba, Rosemi Salleh
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Language:English
Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2004
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4443/
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author Mohd Zamri Md Ali,
Than Winn,
Mohd Ayub Sadiq,
Mohd Ayub Sadiq,
Aziz Baba,
Rosemi Salleh,
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description A contrived cross-sectional study was conducted among medical inpatients admitted to the medical wards of a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH) in the Kota Bharu district to study patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in both hospitals. A validated, self-administered patient satisfaction toward medical ward service (PSMWS) questionnaires were given to 376 eligible medical inpatients. This study showed that demographic characteristics of two groups were similar except median family income higher among TH group (RM925 vs. RM775, p<0.05), median PatientS Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (POE) was higher among TH group (RM3j vs. RM28, p<0.001), mean Length of Stay (LOS) was longer among TH respondents(j.8 vs. 3.3 days, p
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:44432016-12-14T06:36:02Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4443/ Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH) Mohd Zamri Md Ali, Than Winn, Mohd Ayub Sadiq, Mohd Ayub Sadiq, Aziz Baba, Rosemi Salleh, A contrived cross-sectional study was conducted among medical inpatients admitted to the medical wards of a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH) in the Kota Bharu district to study patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in both hospitals. A validated, self-administered patient satisfaction toward medical ward service (PSMWS) questionnaires were given to 376 eligible medical inpatients. This study showed that demographic characteristics of two groups were similar except median family income higher among TH group (RM925 vs. RM775, p<0.05), median PatientS Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (POE) was higher among TH group (RM3j vs. RM28, p<0.001), mean Length of Stay (LOS) was longer among TH respondents(j.8 vs. 3.3 days, p Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4443/1/2004-02nizam.pdf Mohd Zamri Md Ali, and Than Winn, and Mohd Ayub Sadiq, and Mohd Ayub Sadiq, and Aziz Baba, and Rosemi Salleh, (2004) Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH). Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 10 (S). pp. 62-71. ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=298&issue=Vol10(S):2004
spellingShingle Mohd Zamri Md Ali,
Than Winn,
Mohd Ayub Sadiq,
Mohd Ayub Sadiq,
Aziz Baba,
Rosemi Salleh,
Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH)
title Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH)
title_full Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH)
title_fullStr Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH)
title_full_unstemmed Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH)
title_short Patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a Teaching Hospital (TH) and a General Hospital (GH)
title_sort patient satisfaction toward medical ward services in a teaching hospital (th) and a general hospital (gh)
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4443/
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