Background: Patients’ satisfaction is a useful measure to provide an indicator of quality in
healthcare and thus needs to be measured frequently. The aim of the study was to analyse
and compare the level of satisfaction of patients attending the Outpatient Department of a
Hospital.
Methods: Study was conducted by using a pre-structured questionnaire with 120 samples.
Samples were further stratified into sub-populations of Officers, Junior Commissioned
Officers (JCOs) and Other Ranks (ORs) including dependents as study population.
Results: JCOs predominantly expressed lower satisfaction judgement with several attributes.
Overall satisfaction judgement with Outpatient Department services were rated
lower by JCOs (2.56) when compared with Officers and ORs (3.10), the difference being
statistically significant.
Conclusion: Statistically significant differences have been identified by this study against
various study attributes as well as overall impression towards OPD services among the
study groups, which need to be addressed by the hospital leadership to achieve consumer
delight.