The Impact of Stakeholders on Health Services Development: An Empirical Investigation on the Surgical Department at King Fahd General Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Ala¡¯Eddin Mohammad Khalaf Ahmad

International Journal of Marketing Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, 129-138

Abstract: The current research investigates the stakeholders influencing health services development at King Fahd General Hospital KFGH in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. This study proposes and tests a six factors model that influences health services development. These factors include government regulations, competitors, suppliers, patients, public, and health service providers as independent variables; the dependent variable is health services development. In order to explore this issue, a quantitative method was used to collect primary data through a questionnaire, which was administered in KFGH in Jeddah city in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The researches targeted 141 surgeons in this research as a sample because of the small population. A purposive sample was used to choose the participants in this research. The research retrieves 130 valid questionnaires; representing 92%.The results confirm significant differences in the influence of these factors on health service development. The research concludes that there is a significant influence of governmental regulations, competitors, suppliers, patients, public, and health service providers on health services development. The research recommends enhancing the awareness of stakeholder factors by studying the effects of governmental regulations, competitors, suppliers, patients, public, and health service providers. The last is adopting and updating medical and non-medical technology to maintain health service development.

Keywords: stakeholders; health service development; private hospitals; Saudi Arabia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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