Exploratory factor analyses of the CAHPS® Hospital pilot survey responses across and within medical, surgical, and obstetric services

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6 II, 2005, Pages 2078-2095

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

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS Hospital survey; Factor analysis; Hierarchical model; Hospital quality

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OBSTETRICS; PAIN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SURGERY; TELEPHONE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 29144506991     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00471.x     Document Type: Review

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