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Examination of satisfaction from family medicine by
structural equation modeling: The example of Turkey
H. Eray Çelik1*, Talha Arslan2 and
Veysel Yılmaz2
1Department
of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Yüzüncü Yıl University,
+9065040, Van, Turkey.
2Department
of Statistics, Faculty of Literature and Science, Eskişehir
Osmangazi University, +9026480,
Eskişehir, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
heraycelik@gmail.com
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Accepted 3 January, 2012 |
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Abstract |
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In this study, an effort was made to describe the causal
relationship between the service dimensions constituting the
satisfaction from family medicine by a recommended structural
equation modeling. The measurement tool prepared in line with
this purpose was applied on 209 individuals who received family
medicine services. First the factors affecting satisfaction from
family medicine were identified using the exploratory factor
analysis (EFA) and these factors were named as “Doctors (D)”,
“Services (S)”, and “Physical Conditions (P)”. Then, a
structural equation modeling was established by the help of
factors found as a result of EFA. It was found that one unit
increase in “D”, “S” and “P” factors of the structural equation
modeling resulted in an increase of 0.36, 0.42 and 0.27,
respectively, on satisfaction from family medicine (ST).
Key words: Family medicine, satisfaction, structural
equation modeling. |
