The Effect of National Drug Policy Implementation and Apparatus Work Motivation on Health Service Quality in the Government Hospitals of Gorontalo

Abstract

The research intends to investigate and analyze the effects of national drug policy implementation and apparatus work motivation on health service in the government hospitals of Gorontalo.Method used in the quantitative research was exploratory survey. Meanwhile, data collection was conducted by using questionnaires and interviews to confirm the data. Furthermore, data were analyzed by using the PLS (Partial Least Square) approach by the Smart PLS 3.1 application. Research population consisted of 383 implementers of National Drug Policy in the government hospitals of Gorontalo; while the sample consisted of 93 respondents. The findings clarified that: (1) Implementation of National Drug Policy positively and significantly affected health service quality with the effect coefficient of 0.309. The figure confirmed that although it was significant, the effect was inadequate to improve health service quality in the government hospitals of Gorontalo, hence needed other implementation variables, (2) Implementation of National Drug Policy positively and significantly affected apparatus work motivation with the effect coefficient of 0.706, conveying that the implementation strongly affected apparatus work motivation in the government hospitals of Gorontalo, (3) Apparatus work motivation positively and significantly affected health service quality with the effect coefficient of 0.523, declaring that the motivation strongly affected health service quality in the government hospitals of Gorontalo, (4) Implementation of National Drug Policy mediated by apparatus work motivation positively and significantly affected health service quality with the effect coefficient of 0.615, defining the implementation should be mediated by apparatus work motivation to affect health service quality in the government hospitals of Gorontalo, and (5) Public policy integration and apparatus work motivation and commitment created a prototype of new public policy implementation model as the HSQ-MK model.

Keywords: Policy, Motivation, Commitment, and Quality

DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/9-6-07

Publication date:June 30^th 2019