Factors Affecting the Satisfaction of the Hospital Services among Injured Workers.
- Author:
Hyun Joo LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Woosong University, Korea. annalee@wsu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Patient satisfaction;
Inpatient care;
Workers' compensation
- MeSH:
Food Services;
Patient Satisfaction;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Return to Work;
Workers' Compensation
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2010;19(1):97-104
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine factors that affect satisfaction of the hospital services among injured workers. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 532 injured workers. The questionnaires were selected as literature suggested for explaining satisfaction of the hospital services, general characteristics of injured workers, characteristics of the hospital services. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, multiple regression analysis by SPSS 19.0. RESULTS: There were significant differences in satisfaction scores, depending on the types of disease, health status and possibility to return to work among the injured workers. Also, there were significant differences in satisfaction scores, in terms of medical facilities, food service, specialization of doctors and nurses, cleanliness of hospital, convenience of hospital teaching and counselling of doctors and nurses, supporting workers' compensation process, counselling of workers' compensation and unfair treatment. In the results of the standard multiple regression analysis, food service, medical facilities, specialization of doctors and nurses, health status and hospital cleanliness were significant factors for satisfaction scores of the hospital services. CONCLUSION: It is necessary to promote food service, medical facilities, specialization of doctors and nurses, hospital cleanliness, health status of injured workers for developing hospital services.
