Expectations and perceptions
A widely used approach for the assessment of
service quality focused on specifying several
dimensions or attributes of the service thatpatients use to evaluate the quality of the service
provided.16 Some researchers suggested that
when it comes to the assessment of quality, the
understanding of peoples expectations is a key
element.11 A commonly used definition about
expectations, drawn from expectancy theories, is
that they are partial beliefs about a product that
serve as standards or reference points against
which a product is judged;
17 these authors have
broadened this definition to assume that expectations
serve as standards with which experiences
are compared, resulting in evaluations of
satisfaction or quality.