13 August 2023 : Clinical Research
Meeting Patient Expectations: Assessing Medical Service and Quality of Care Using the SERVQUAL Model in Dermatology Patients at a Single Center in Poland
Aleksandra Jonkisz


DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941007
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941007
Table 11 Results of the intergroup analysis of particular dimensions in the SERVQUAL model by the financial status of the surveyed individuals.
SERVQUAL dimension | Poor or medium | Good or very good | P value* | ||||||||
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χ̄ | Me | Min | Max | SD | χ̄ | Me | Min | Max | SD | ||
Tangibility – expected | 23.4 | 25.0 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 2.3 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 2.2 | 0.595 |
Tangibility – received | 19.1 | 19.0 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 3.7 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 3.4 | 0.266 |
Tangibility – difference | −4.3 | −4.0 | −14.0 | 7.0 | 3.7 | −4.9 | −5.0 | −17.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 0.139 |
Reliability – expected | 23.9 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 2.2 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 14.0 | 25.0 | 1.7 | 0.840 |
Reliability – received | 20.1 | 21.0 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 3.5 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 7.0 | 25.0 | 3.5 | 0.422 |
Reliability – difference | −3.8 | −3.0 | −16.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | −4.1 | −3.5 | −18.0 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.353 |
Responsiveness – expected | 19.3 | 20.0 | 7.0 | 20.0 | 1.7 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 20.0 | 1.2 | 0.226 |
Responsiveness – received | 16.9 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 2.7 | 16.8 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 2.9 | 0.802 |
Responsiveness – difference | −2.4 | −2.0 | −10.0 | 6.0 | 2.6 | −2.7 | −2.0 | −14.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.363 |
Assurance – expected | 14.6 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 1.3 | 14.6 | 15.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 0.9 | 0.763 |
Assurance – received | 13.2 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 2.1 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 1.9 | 0.336 |
Assurance – difference | −1.3 | 0.0 | −7.0 | 3.0 | 1.9 | −1.2 | 0.0 | −9.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.367 |
Empathy – expected | 24.3 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 2.0 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 17.0 | 25.0 | 1.5 | 0.684 |
Empathy – received | 21.3 | 22.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 3.5 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 3.1 | 0.643 |
Empathy – difference | −3.1 | −2.0 | −11.0 | 6.0 | 3.1 | −3.0 | −2.0 | −17.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.747 |
χ̄ – mean; Me – median; Min – minimum value; Max – maximum value; SD – standard deviation. * test for independent samples. |