A study of patient satisfaction at a tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad, India.

The health care industry is fast changing and rapid transformation is required to meet the ever-increasing needs and demands of its patient population. Hospitals and health care providers are shifting from viewing patients as uneducated with few health care choices to educated consumers with many service demands and health care choices available. Modern health care organizations have identified the patient as an ultimate consumer of hospital services and understand the importance of patient satisfaction, establishing this as the yardstick. The present study is explorative in nature. This cross sectional study is aimed at collecting data regarding attitude of patients, assessing their satisfaction levels towards ease of getting care, facilities offered at the hospital, attitude of the staff at the hospital and overall status of the hospital. The research study revealed many insights regarding attributes that are important for doctors, nurses and hospitals which would match patient expectation and lead to satisfaction.