UPAYA MENINGKATKAN BED OCCUPANCY RATE BERDASARKAN ANALISIS KARAKTERISTIK KONSUMEN, BRAND IMAGE DAN KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN PASIEN UMUM DI RUMKITAL Dr. RAMELAN SURABAYA

Abstract: The  aims  of  this  research  was  to  increase  bed  occupancy  rate (BOR)  based  on  analysis  of  consumer  characteristics,  brand  image  and purchase  decisions  public  patient  in  Dr.  Ramelan  the  Navy  Hospital (Rumkital  Dr.  Ramelan).   This  research   was  observational  analytic,  a marketing  research  with  cross  sectional  method.  Method  of  analysis  was descriptive  statistics  and  chi-square  test.  The  results  of  this  study  indicate that  there  was  no  significance  difference  on   individual  and  social characteristics of patients who are taking inpatient treatment and those who are not in Dr. Ramelan Navy Hospital expect for individual characteristics in term  of  the  frequency  in  inpatient  service  use.  On  psychographic characteristics  showed  significant  correlation  in  the  four  sub  variables: motivation,  perception,  learning,  attitudes  and  beliefs.  The  brand  image variabels  showed  significant  correlation  on  types  of  brand  association  and favorability  of  brand  association.  On  strength  of  brand  association  and uniqueness  of  brand  association  there  was  no  significant  correlation  in purchasing  decisions.  The  types  of  brand  association  consisting  of  product related attributes, non products related attrbutes, benefits and attitudeshave a significant relationship. The benefits of the service is very influential factors in  purchase  decision.  Speed  and  efficiency  of  service  were  very  strong influence  favorability  of  brand  association  on  the  purchase  decision. According to these results it can be concluded that brand image of Rumkital Dr. Ramelan influences inpatient purchasing decisions, while the individual characteristics factors, social and psychographics influence the brand image on purchase decisions hospitalization. Building a positive brand image will improve inpatient decision in Rumkital Dr Ramelan.
Keywords: consumer characteristics, brand image, purchase decision
Penulis: Caecilia Indarti, Widodo J Pudjirahardjo, Darmawan Setijanto
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd130134

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