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Open Access

American Research Journal of Business and Management

ISSN (Online): 2379-1047

DOI: 10.46568/arjbm

Research Article Vol. 4, Issue 1 2018 Open Access

The Effect of Healthcare Service Quality, Hospital Image and Experience Economic on Worth of Mouth through BPJS Patient PerceptionType B Hospital in West Java

Darnus Djaya, Farida Jasfar, Hamdy Hady

Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of health care service quality, hospital image, economic experience, word of mouth (WOM) communication through seeing patients. In addition, the role of patients as mediators and their relational consequences will also be tested.The model proposed in this study was tested using Structural Equation Model (SEM). Data were collected from a sample of 302 patients Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS members), questionnaires about experience, which were experienced directly by the research target.This research found that the image of the hospital, economic experience, and the perception of the patients had a direct impact on WOM communication. While the quality of health services must be mediated by the perception of patients to influence WOM communication or must be arranged simultaneously with the hospital image, economic experience, and patient perceptions. Therefore hospital management must carry out the quality of hospital services along with managing the hospital image and applying the concept of economic experience so as to build patient perceptions and ultimately create WOM communication in patients.