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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/specimens.html
June 01, 2021 - Collecting Microbiologial Specimens
Knowing when to collect a microbiological sample and how
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-9.html
August 01, 2025 - Return to Contents Sample Sizes The CAHPS family of surveys requires a sample large enough to yield 300 … Larger sample sizes may be required to get valid information on specific subpopulations.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150917/introducing_the_new_cahps_c&g_survey3.0.pdf
September 01, 2015 - But there are
over 12,000 patients in the sample. … So there is going to be a smaller sample. … The sample will be a little bit smaller. Not dramatically but it will be
smaller. … So I think you want to make your sample frame match the
survey recall period. … And
the concern is that we’re biasing the sample by not reaching all the people that we should.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Tuinen.pdf
March 01, 2004 - Sample design
Hospital discharge records for the first three quarters of 2001 formed the
sampling … A convenience sample of 40 hospitals was initially selected to provide data for
this study and a second … The sampling design was a doubly stratified random sample of the 23 AE
classes. … However, our sample was not restricted to Medicare
patients, a population that is likely more at risk … convenience sample, which slightly favored large, urban hospitals.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/goldman-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - As a requirement for a case to be considered in the gold standard sample, more than one reviewer
had … codes used in the California acute myocardial infarction report for the acute
myocardial infarction sample … , the California community-acquired pneumonia report for the
pneumonia sample, and the Agency Healthcare … To prevent any single
hospital from disproportionately influencing our sample, we capped the number … The patient sample tended to be sick with an in-hospital mortality of 26.0%.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/evaluation-plan.html
January 01, 2023 - Focus groups with sample of audience member
Surveys of audience members
Did your audience … Focus groups with sample of audience members
"Web analytics" to track usage of the Web site … metrics, including but not limited to those in your report
Surveys
A survey asks a systematic sample … The sample population could be community members (including those you hope to reach), people who actually … A "sampling frame" from which you can choose a representative (i.e., random) sample.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-cancer-care-transcript.pdf
June 01, 2017 - Therefore we have three sample frames. One for each of the modalities of
care. … The instructions for creating the sample frames are laid out in detail in the document “Fielding the … But for inpatients, the discharge date should be before the sample date. … We didn't have a large sample of those individuals. … To meet our sample size goal, we rarely had the luxury of taking a random sample.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/023-optimizing-evc-one-pager.docx
October 01, 2024 - .
· A specialized swab containing luciferase—a natural enzyme found in fireflies—is used to sample the … bioluminescent light on contact with ATP.
· The swab is inserted into an ATP meter, which analyzes the sample
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0242-fullreport.pdf
February 01, 2020 - Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-230-fullreport.pdf
July 01, 2019 - Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/webinar-012220-fry2.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Stephanie Fry
Senior Study Director
Westat
Drawing a Sample
• Sampling varies by survey and reporting
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/kmetik-otoole-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - of the practice site performance measure results (measure met or
positive performance sample). … For the exceptions, the sample size allowed a probability of 80% that the estimate of the
proportion … The prevalence and patterns of exception reporting
among a random sample of EHR-enabled practices or … among a sample of non-EHR practices that
use PCPI performance measures may be considerably different … Retrospective manual reviews of the EHRs were conducted on a sample of
559 patients with exceptions
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Set-the-Stage-for-Conducting-the-Survey.html
December 01, 2019 - How many individuals are eligible to be included in the sample frame for each organization/product? … For example, if your sample does not include a sufficient number of children, you will not have enough
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/develop/develop.doc
January 01, 2003 - · Draw the sample.
· Administer the survey. … Return to Contents
Sampling
In many cases, a sample of children is chosen for quality measurement … If sampling methods are not scrupulously designed so as to select a sample that is representative of … Examples:
· If a sample of children with urgent medical conditions overrepresents children in urban … · If a sample is not large enough, the results cannot be generalized beyond the sample itself.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheteruse/catheter-care/cathetercare-maintenance.pptx
March 01, 2017 - an indwelling catheter
Accessing the drainage system
Emptying the drainage bag
Collecting a urine sample … immediately before accessing the drainage system, emptying the drainage bag, or collecting a urine sample … indwelling catheter, accessing the drainage system, emptying the drainage bag and collecting a urine sample … on their urine collection containers
Do make sure to disinfect the sampling port before obtaining a sample … Do make sure to disinfect the sampling port before obtaining a sample.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0232-fullreport.pdf
February 01, 2020 - Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-emergency-dept-webinar-survey-admin.pdf
June 02, 2025 - restrictions on who may be contacted
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Recommended Sampling for the
ED CAHPS Survey
Simple random sample
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-241-bmi-communication-full-report.pdf
February 01, 2020 - Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-240-bmi-parent-full-report.pdf
February 01, 2020 - Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level? … Sample Size: What is the typical sample size available for each unit at this level?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HP/supplemental-sdm-hp-child-2158-5a.docx
June 02, 2025 - Testing of these items has confirmed that it is difficult to obtain an adequate sample based on the frequency … You should include the shared decisionmaking items only if your sample design is likely to yield a sufficient