Personal Health and Health Care

A typical project is an assessment of the health care system in a given community and its contribution to the quality of life of that community. Specifically, the study would assess residents' satisfaction with various health care programs in relation to their contribution to the quality of life of the community residents. The objective of this research is to identify important health care programs that residents feel dissatisfied with and help develop health care policies that can enhance the quality of life of community residents. Other projects involve the assessment of a given health care product, service, or program on the quality-of-life of a given population. Publications supporting this program of studies generated by OQOLM:

Lee, Dong-Jin, M. Joseph Sirgy, Grace B. Yu, and Isabelle Chalamon (2015). "The Well-Being Effects of Self-Expressiveness and Hedonic Enjoyment Associated with Physical Exercise." Applied Research in Quality of Life., 10(1), 141-159.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Dong-Jin Lee, and Grace B. Yu (2011), "Consumer Sovereignty in Healthcare: Fact or Fiction?" Journal of Business Ethics, 101(3), 459-474.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Dong-Jin Lee, and Grace B. Yu (2010). "Consumer Sovereignty in Healthcare: Fact or Fiction?" the Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Macromarketing Society: Exploring the Frontiers of Macromarketing, edited by Terri L. Rittenburg and Mark Peterson. Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, pp. 651-655.
Rahtz, Don, M. Joseph Sirgy, and Dong-Jin Lee (2004). "Further validation and Extension of the Quality-of-Life/Community-Healthcare Model and Measures." Social Indicators Research, 69(2), 167-198.
Rahtz, Don and M. Joseph Sirgy (2000). "Marketing of Healthcare Within a Community: A Quality-of-Life Needs Assessment Model and Model." Journal of Business Research, 48 (June), 165-176.
Rahtz, Don R. and M. Joseph Sirgy (1999). "How Hospitals Can Show That Their Health Care Programs Enhance the Community Quality-of-Life." Provider Report Cards, edited by Patrice Spath, Chicago: Health Forum, Inc. (An American Hospital Association Company), pp. 119-143.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (1998), "Quality in Healthcare: Nancy O. Graham." Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 26 (Spring), 155-156.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Don Rahtz, H. Lee Meadow, and James Littlefield (1995). "Satisfaction with Health Care Services and Life Satisfaction Among Elderly and Nonelderly Consumers." Developments in Quality-of-Life Studies in Marketing, vol. 5, edited by Lee Meadow, M. Joseph Sirgy, and Don Rahtz, DeKalb, IL: Academy of Marketing Science, pp. 87-91.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, David Hansen, and James E. Littlefield (1994). "Does Hospital Satisfaction Affect Life Satisfaction?" Journal of Macromarketing, 14 (Fall), 36-46.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and A. C. Samli Eds. (1995). New Dimensions in Marketing and Quality-of-Life Research, second edition, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Don Rahtz (1994). "Corporate Strategy and Quality of Life: A Strategy Planning Philosophy and Model for a Changing Health Care Environment." Advances in Health Care Research, edited by H. Lee Meadow and Harlan Spotts, DeKalb, IL: American Association for Advances in Health Care Research, pp. 125-132.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, John T. Mentzer, Don R. Rahtz, and H. Lee Meadow (1991). "Satisfaction with Healthcare Services Consumption and Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly." Journal of Macromarketing, Spring, 24-39.
Rahtz, Don R., H. Lee Meadow, and M. Joseph Sirgy (1991). "Healthcare Satisfaction Dimensions and Life Satisfaction: Exploring the Racial Issue Among the Elderly." Advances in Health Care Research, edited by Anne L. Balzs and R. Hoverstad, Norman OK: American Association for Advances in Health Care Research, pp. 171-180.
Rahtz, Don R., M. Joseph Sirgy, and H. Lee Meadow (1989). "Exploring the Relationship Between Healthcare Services Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly." Developements in Marketing Science, VOL. 12, edited by John Hawes and John Thanopoulos, Academy of Marketing Science, pp. 531-536.