Table 1.

Factor naming and reliability analysis results of all the constructs

Construct/ variable		Operational definition	Cronbach’s α ( > .6)	References
Interpersonal-Based Medical Service Encounter				[1,2]
	Professional Personnel	Patients’ perceptions of the medical professional skill and communication attitude of the physicians and nurses in the service encounter.	0.92
	General Administrative Personnel	Patients’ perceptions of the communication attitude, sympathy, and empathy of the general service personnel in the service encounter.	0.89
	Environment and Space (Physical Symbol)	Patients’ perceptions of the other tangible factors that may help the implementation of medical service in the service encounter.	0.90
Service Quality				[34,35]
	Response	Hospital’s capabilities of providing services that instantly and rapidly respond to patients’ demands in the service encounter.	0.88
	Reliability	Hospital’s capabilities of providing services that correctly delivery the service requested by patients in the service encounter.	0.90
	Assurance	Hospital’s capabilities of providing services that really earn patients’ confidence in the service encounter.	0.93
Patient Trust				[19,36]
	Patient Trust	Patients’ perceptions of the confidence in the reliability and integrity of medical service in the service encounter.	0.91
Patient Satisfaction				[37,38]
	Patient Satisfaction	The psychological state of patient involves their positive or negative feelings or attitudes toward their experience and some specific aspects in the service encounter.	0.91