PLS Path Modeling for Analysis of Satisfaction of Cancer Patients to Medical Services
［Key words］ carcinoma; PLS path modeling; satisfaction to medical services
To understand the status and mode of the satisfaction of cancer patients to medical services. Methods: The satisfaction of 476 cancer patients to medical services were investigated using stratified-cluster sampling and questionnaire survey, and the influencing factors and their affecting pattern were analyzed by using PLS path modeling. Results: The appraisement of cancer patients to medical services of hospitals mostly showed skewed distribution or bimodal distributions. PLS path modeling measured the relation between latent independent variables and latent dependent variable well. Conclusion: PLS path modeling is an effective tool for the research of the satisfaction of cancer patients to medical services.
