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Patient Loyalty in the HospitalPatient Relationship: The Mediating Role of Social Media

Hastane-Hasta İlişkisi Bağlamında Hasta Sadakati: Sosyal Medyanın Aracı Rolü

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783–804
Publication Date
2022-10-11
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The findings provide an original empirical model with respect to gaining loyal patients whom are customers of hospitals and highlight the important role of social media in health communication.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study aimed to investigate role of social media on patient loyalty.
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Key Findings & Data:The data was collected from 625 patients by selfadministered online questionnaires.
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Conclusion & Impact:The findings provide an original empirical model with respect to gaining loyal patients whom are customers of hospitals and highlight the important role of social media in health communication.
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
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⚙️Variables:Sağlık İletişimi · Hasta Sadakati · Hasta Memnuniyeti

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate role of social media on patient loyalty. Based on related literature review, for assessing patient loyalty, a measurement scale, testing satisfaction shared by patient through social media, patient trust, strength of hospital-patient communication on social media, and perceived image of hospital on social media was developed. The data was collected from 625 patients by selfadministered online questionnaires. Hypotheses about the role of social media were suggested based on existing body of knowledge so that we aimed to examine underlying mechanism between the predictors and patient loyalty by means of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) framework. Findings demonstrated that satisfaction, shared by patients through social media, mediated the association between patient trust, strength of hospital-patient communication on social media, perceived image of hospital on social media, and patient loyalty. The findings provide an original empirical model with respect to gaining loyal patients whom are customers of hospitals and highlight the important role of social media in health communication.

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Bu çalışma, sosyal medyanın hasta sadakati üzerindeki rolünü incelemeyi hedeflemiştir. Hasta sadakatini değerlendirmek için; hastalar tarafından sosyal medyada paylaşılan memnuniyeti, hasta güvenini, sosyal medya üzerinde hastanehasta iletişiminin gücünü ve hastanenin sosyal medyada algılanan imajını test eden bir ölçüm envanteri, ilgili literatür temel alınarak geliştirilmiştir. Veriler çevrimiçi anket vasıtasıyla 625 kişiden toplanmıştır. Literatürde yer alan bulgular göz önünde bulundurularak hipotezler geliştirilmiş ve hasta sadakatini yordayan değişkenlerin Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli (YEM) aracılığı ile incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçları, sosyal medyada hastalar tarafından paylaşılan memnuniyetin; yordayıcı değişkenler (hasta güveni, sosyal medya üzerinde hastane-hasta iletişiminin gücü, hastanenin sosyal medyada algılanan imajı) ve hasta sadakati arasındaki ilişki üzerinde aracı değişken olduğunu göstermiştir. Bulgular, hastanelerin müşterileri olan sadık hastalar kazanma noktasında özgün ampirik bir model sağlamakla beraber sosyal medyanın sağlık iletişimindeki önemini vurgulamaktadır.

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TOSYALI, H., SÜTÇÜ, C. S., TOSYALI, F. (2022). Patient Loyalty in the HospitalPatient Relationship: The Mediating Role of Social Media. Erciyes İletişim Dergisi, Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 1, 783–804. https://ajindex.com/articles/501854

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