The environmental changes in the Korean cosmetic medical service industry in the 21st century are forming intense competition among medical institutions due to the quantitative expansion of its market. For stable growth of the cosmetic medical service industry, continuous quality improvement is necessary based on empirical research on the quality of cosmetic medical services rather than external expansion. The purpose of this study is to classify the quality attributes of cosmetic medical service using Kano model and to derive the degree of satisfaction and dissatisfaction of each quality attributes through Customer Satisfaction Coefficient (CSC). Through this, the study identified strategic priorities and suggested specific step-by-step approaches and quality improvement priorities that can increase customer satisfaction using the Potential Customer Satisfaction Improvement Index (PCSI Index). Based on SERVPERF, this study used measurement tools consisting of five dimensions : tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. In addition, it was used of measurement items reconstructed into positive, negative, and satisfaction questions for Kano model analysis, CSC analysis, and PCSI Index analysis. A total of 300 medical consumers who experienced cosmetic medical services for the past one year in medical institutions such as plastic surgery and dermatology were collected with convenient sampling. As a result, urgent items for improving the quality of service using the PCSI Index, ‘Consideration for customer benefits’ in empathy category was followed by ‘Immediate help’ and ‘Sincere response’ in responsiveness category, and ‘Understanding customer needs’ in empathy category, respectively. That is, it is required to improve human service quality attributes such as empathy and responsiveness rather than physical service quality attributes. This study contributes practically in that it provides specific and discriminatory approaches to improve customer satisfaction on cosmetic medical service quality and suggests improvement priorities.

Purpose - This study aims to identify the priorities of medical service quality improvement by customer satisfaction characteristics and potential customer satisfaction improvement (PCSI) index based on the dualistic quality classification of Kano Model (1984) for Comprehensive Health Screeening Center in General Hospitals and Centers only for Comprehensive Health Screening and suggest a direction for future improvement. Research design, data, and methodology - Through advanced research on health screening medical service quality, this study set four service quality factors, including tangible, human, process and supportive factors, and 39 measurement items. Based on these items, the study used 117 questions, which consist of dualistic quality factors, customer satisfaction coefficients, positive and negative questions for PCSI index and questions for current satisfaction. 300 effective samples were collected for adults in their 20s who experienced health screening service in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Incheon within the past two years. Collected data were input in the quality evaluation duality table to categorize quality factors and calculate customer satisfaction coefficients by Timko(1993). The study also analyzed PCSI index in comparison with current satisfaction and identified priorities in quality improvement. Results - It was found that the most urgent factors to improve the quality in both groups were adequate waiting hours and emergency response for complications, which are process factors classified as unitary quality. It is urgently needed to improve the quality as the PCSI index was high in supportive factors (complaint response team) as attractive quality in Comprehensive Health Screening Center in General Hospitals and in process factors (prevention of infection) as unitary quality in Centers only for Comprehensive Health Screening. As the PCSI index was low in space use as a tangible factor, it was found that the current level can be maintained instead of improvement. Conclusions - To improve the health screening medical service quality, it is required to focus on process factors (adequate waiting hours, emergency response for complications, prevention of infection) and supportive factors (complaint response team) among service qualities perceived by users. It is proposed to ensure continuous efforts to manage and reinforce priorities as a direction for future improvement in health screening service.

Purpose - This study attempted to construct and validate a structural model of the relationship between the quality of medical services, perceived risk, reputation and customer satisfaction, which is the main concept of the relationship between large hospitals as well as small and medium hospitals and medical consumers. Through this verification, the small and medium hospitals are to find the way for wise coping in competitive situation with large hospitals. Research design, data, and methodology - This research developed a hypothesis by constructing a structural equation that reaches the satisfaction and the relationship between reputation of perceived risk and perceived risk of service quality perceptions of customers of small and medium hospitals. Research data were collected through a questionnaire survey of respondents who had medical service experience from small and medium hospital. A total data of 252 respondents were used as the sample for the final analysis and analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23. Results - As a result, the relationship of quality of medical service, reputation, and customer satisfaction among small and medium hospitals was consistent with the results of precedent studies, and the perceived risk has a significant impact on reputation, so the greater the perceived risk, the higher the preference for reputable medical institutions as large hospitals. In addition, it was found that the direct route from perceived risk to customer satisfaction was not significant, and reputation was found to have a full mediating effect on perceived risk and customer satisfaction. Customers who use small and medium hospitals prefer to use reputable medical institutions if their perceived risk is high, which is different from risk perception when specific targets are specified. Conclusions - In terms of the effect from customer satisfaction, not only the path of perceived risk → reputation → customer satisfaction, but also the quality of service quality → reputation → customer satisfaction. These findings suggest that small and medium hospitals are appropriately responding to competition with large hospitals, rather than focusing on the perceived risks and reputation of customers in establishing and utilizing competitive strategies to create new customers and preserve existing customers

본 연구는 암 환자가 암 검사를 받으면서 지각하는 의료서비스품질이 환자의 만족도에 미치는 영향을 고찰함으로 써, 의료서비스품질의 어떤 점이 부족한지를 발견하고, 이에 대한 개선점을 찾는데 그 목적을 두었다. 이를 위해 본 연 구는 의료서비스와 고객만족간의 관계에 관한 모델을 수립하고 의료서비스의 구성개념으로 유형성, 전문성, 신뢰성, 대응성을 제시하였고, 이들 의료서비스 품질과 고객만족 간의 관계에 관한 모형을 개발하고, 이 모형에 따라 4개의 가 설을 설정하였다. 설문에 응답한 총 220명의 가설검정을 위한 실증조사 분석은 SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 14.0K를 사용하여 분석하였다. 모든 가설은 다중회귀분석으로 검정한 결과 연구가설 H1, H2, H3, H4는 모두 채택되었다. 네 가지 연구모형 변수 중 에서 서비스 품질에 따른 고객만족에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 요인은 유형성이 0.298(t=5.541)로 가장 중요한 영향으로 나타났으며, 다음은 전문성이 0.237(t=-3.687)로 그 다음 으로 중요한 영향요인으로 나타났다. 위와 같은 연구 결과 다음과 같이 의미를 제안해 볼 수 있다. 첫째 의료 기관은 유형성, 전문성, 신뢰성, 대응성을 중심으로 의료서비스를 개발하고 시행한다면 현재보다 더 높은 고객 만족을 이끌어 낼 수 있다는 시사점을 제시하였다. 둘째, 이러한 서비스는 높은 고객 만족도를 가지고 있습니다. 셋째, 이는 날로 새로 워지는 의료시장의 경쟁 환경 가운데서도 의료기관의 본연의 목적인 환자 치료를 통한 생명 연장의 역할을 해낼 수 있 다. 넷째, 이러한 서비스는 보다 높은 고객만족을 통한 의료기관의 생존과 보다 나은 의료서비스를 제공하는 전략개발 에 활용할 수 있을 것이다.