Application of Rough Set Theory to Improve Outpatient Medical Service Quality in Public Hospitals Based on the Patient Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: To analyze the key factors and decision-making behaviors affecting overall satisfaction based on perceptual data of outpatients. Methods: The official satisfaction questionnaire developed by the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China was used. Rough set theory was used to identify the perception patterns between condition attributes (i.e., service factors) and a decision attribute (i.e., overall service level) and to express them in rule form (i.e., if-then). Results: The four minimal-coverage rules, with strength exceeding 10% in the good class, and six crucial condition attributes were obtained: "Ease of registration (C₁)," "Respected by registered staff (C₂)," "Registered staff's listening (C<

SUBMITTER: Du ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654147 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature