Defining Aspects of a Hospital's Reputation and its Impact on Brand Image and Brand Equity

By considering the critical role of hospitals in providing social healyh hence Sanitary and health care marketing in this area is confronted with many challenges. According to the advertising ban, hospitals and medical institutions have to use other methods to attract customers and clients. Therefore, hospitals should focus on its intangible assets. Corporate Reputation, especially in service organizations has been acknowledged as a strategic intangible asset. In this respect, identifying the constituent dimensions of this variable and its effects on customer perceptions is very important. The aim of present stusy was Identify hospital reputation constituents and its impact on brand image and brand eguity. For this purpose, by using the questionnaire Comments of 393 of Semnan hospital customers are collected and Factor analysis and regression test are used to analyze data. The results confirmed the three-dimensional structure of the hospital's reputation (involve trust, service quality, communication and social responsibility). Based on research result is recommended that hospitals give greater importance to Variables that shape their reputation and consider it in their strategic decisions.