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Table 1 The latent and measurement variables of the initial SIM_URRBMI

From: Construction and validation of a revised satisfaction index model for the Chinese urban and rural resident-based basic medical insurance scheme

Latent variable

First-order latent variable

Measurement variables

Public Expectations

 

Overall expectations (PE1)

 

Expectations of URRBMI to ensure basic medical needs (PE2)

 

Expectations of URRBMI to ensure personalization of medical needs (PE3)

Perceived Quality

Overall quality

Overall evaluation of quality (PQ1)

Information quality

Availability of related information (PQ2)

The convenience of obtaining relevant information (PQ3)

Service quality

Service attitude of staff (PQ4)

Clarity of staff’s interpretation of relevant policies (PQ5)

Policy quality

Degree of meeting basic health insurance needs (PQ6)

Degree of meeting personalized health insurance needs (PQ7)

Payment level (PQ8)

Scope of reimbursement (PQ9)

Reimbursement proportion (PQ10)

Deductible level (PQ11)

Capitation (PQ12)

Quality of institutions

Service quality of community or village committees for enrollment (PQ13)

Quality of payment bank or online payment platform (PQ14)

Service quality of authorized medical institution (PQ15)

Service quality of reimbursement in medical institution (PQ16)

Service quality of authorized pharmacy (PQ17)

Perceived Value

 

Quality according to the payment (PV1)

 

Payment according to the quality (PV2)

Public Satisfaction

 

Overall satisfaction (PS1)

 

Satisfaction compare to expectations (PS2)

 

Proximity to the ideal basic medical insurance (PS3)

Public Complaints

 

Complained informally about URRBMI (PC1)

 

Complained formally about URRBMI (PC2)

Public Trust

 

Willingness to make positive evaluation (PT1)

 

Willingness to recommend to others (PT2)

  1. PE2 and PQ6 are about the expectation and perceived quality on URRBMI for basic medical needs(related to common diseases)
  2. PE3 and PQ7 are about the expectation and perceived quality on URRBMI for some special medical demands (related to special disease outpatient service, such as chronic disease, serious illness, rare disease etc.
  3. These patients usually need long periods of treatment with higher medical cost). PQ2 refers to how much relevant information is useable, while the PQ3 refers to how easy it is to access relevant information