Methods used to streamline the CAHPS® Hospital Survey

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6 II, 2005, Pages 2057-2077

  Keller, San ^a   O'Malley, A James ^b   Hays, Ron D ^c   Matthew, Rebecca A ^d   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Hepner, Kimberly A ^c   Cleary, Paul D ^b  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

CAHPS hospital survey; Confirmatory factor analysis; Hospital care; Patient focus groups; Patient self reports; Psychometric analysis; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 29144439246     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00478.x     Document Type: Review

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