Psychometric properties of the CAHPS™ 1.0 survey measures

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Hays, Ron D ^a,b,f   Shaul, James A ^c   Williams, Valerie S L ^d   Lubalin, James S ^e   Harris Kojetin, Lauren D ^g   Sweeny, Sheri F ^e   Cleary, Paul D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Box 951736 ^*

Author keywords

CAHPS ; Health plan assessment; Patient evaluations of health care; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4243449593     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199903001-00003     Document Type: Review

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