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Impact of Macroeconomic and Healthcare Provision Factors on Patient Satisfaction


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1 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Department of Interdisciplinary Research - Humanities and Social Sciences, Lascar Catargi, No. 54, 700107, Iasi, Romania
2 Stefan cel Mare University, Universitatii, No.13, 720229 Suceava, Romania
3 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, 22, Carol I Boulevard, Iasi RO-700505, Iasi, Romania
 

This article examines how macroeconomic and healthcare provision factors affect patient satisfaction. In line with the specialized literature, we have formulated two hypothesis statements that were tested on a sample of 31 countries, using 2012, 2013 and 2014 data. OLS regression models were used for testing different explanatory variables and their impact on patient satisfaction. The main findings of the study clearly illustrate a positive and strong relationship between patient satisfaction and healthcare provision, namely practising physicians and the number of nurses, and macro-economic factors such as public healthcare expenditure and GDP per capita. Furthermore, we notice a negative but strong correlation with healthcare infrastructure (available hospital beds) and private healthcare expenditure.

Keywords

GDP, Healthcare Provision and Expenditure, Macroeconomic Factors, Patient Satisfaction.
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Authors

Ana Iolanda Voda
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Department of Interdisciplinary Research - Humanities and Social Sciences, Lascar Catargi, No. 54, 700107, Iasi, Romania
Ionel Bostan
Stefan cel Mare University, Universitatii, No.13, 720229 Suceava, Romania
Claudiu Gabriel Tiganas
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, 22, Carol I Boulevard, Iasi RO-700505, Iasi, Romania

Abstract


This article examines how macroeconomic and healthcare provision factors affect patient satisfaction. In line with the specialized literature, we have formulated two hypothesis statements that were tested on a sample of 31 countries, using 2012, 2013 and 2014 data. OLS regression models were used for testing different explanatory variables and their impact on patient satisfaction. The main findings of the study clearly illustrate a positive and strong relationship between patient satisfaction and healthcare provision, namely practising physicians and the number of nurses, and macro-economic factors such as public healthcare expenditure and GDP per capita. Furthermore, we notice a negative but strong correlation with healthcare infrastructure (available hospital beds) and private healthcare expenditure.

Keywords


GDP, Healthcare Provision and Expenditure, Macroeconomic Factors, Patient Satisfaction.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi1%2F43-48