Quality of nursing services and inpatient satisfaction

Abstract

Health centers play an important role in maintaining community health status, and their service will impact on community satisfaction and loyalty to use the facility. This study aims to analyze the role of quality of services in a health center in West Lombok Indonesia, with the focus on the established nursing service standards and patient expectations. The purpose of this study is to find out the quality of nursing services to patient satisfaction at the Gunung Sari Health Center in West Lombok Regency. The research methodology used is quantitative research with an analytical observational research design and a cross sessional approach. The population were 173 people and the sample used was inpatients for more than three days and could read in Gunung Sari Health center, amounting to 68 people with accidental sampling techniques. Data collection tool is a questionnaire and uses Chi Square data analysis. The results show that the p-value is equal to 0.00 which means there is a significant influence between the quality of nursing services on patient satisfaction at Gunung Sari Health Center in West Lombok Regency.

Keywords

• service quality
• nursing practices
• patient satisfaction
• health center