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1. Sampling, Weighting, and Synthetization Methodologies (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Sampling-Weighting-Synthetization-Methodologies.pdf
   December 01, 2023 - SAMPLING DESIGN Purpose and Overview of Sampling Design Sampling for this database was designed to … Sampling had two primary purposes. … Sampling Frame The sampling frames consisted of the following files: • 2016 Medicare Sample Enrollment … Precision Goals for Sampling The general strategy for sampling is to produce a nationally representative … Sampling Procedures For the Medicare and Medicaid databases, the sampling frame was stratified by state

2. CAHPS Survey Design and Administration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/index.html
   January 01, 2025 - Since the CAHPS program's inception in the mid-1990s, AHRQ has provided guidance on survey design, sampling … AHRQ does not require the use of a specific methodology for sampling or survey administration. … frames and approaches to sampling; and the use of additional modes or modification to existing data … General Guidance on Preparing a Sample for a CAHPS Survey  The consistency of the sampling process is … Some aspects of the sampling process are the same across all CAHPS surveys, but the details vary.

3. Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-cancer-care-yost.pdf
   June 13, 2017 - Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey ©2017 MFMER | slide-32 CAHPS Cancer Care Survey Sampling … ©2017 MFMER | slide-36 Sampling Recommendations • We collaborated with multiple cancer centers … to develop a sampling approach utilizing billing data that could be standardized across institutions … • Standardized sampling facilitates comparisons of scores across cancer centers. … ” ©2017 MFMER | slide-41 Sampling Recommendations • Avoid Overlap with Surveys Mandated by CMS

4. Fielding the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/fielding-child-hcahps.pdf
   June 02, 2025 - Methods of Sampling Sampling for Child HCAHPS is based on the eligible discharges (sample frame) for … There are three options for sampling patients: Simple Random Sampling (SRS), Proportionate Stratified … Random Sampling (PSRS), and Disproportionate Stratified Random Sampling (DSRS). … Simple Random Sampling SRS is the most basic sampling technique in which a group of patients (a sample … Disproportionate Stratified Random Sampling In disproportionate stratified random sampling, dissimilar

5. CAHPS Elicitation Protocol Webcast (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-webinar-jan-2017-rybowski.pdf
   January 01, 2017 - Two Options for Administration • As part of the Clinician & Group Survey • To take advantage of the sampling … Using the Protocol as Part of CG-CAHPS: Key Considerations • Incorporating items into the survey • Sampling … www.ahrq.gov/cahps CAHPS Sampling Methodology • Recommendation: Follow guidance in Fielding the CAHPS … Clinician & Group Survey • Benefits of sampling methodology: • Population that’s representative of … : Random sampling, following basic CAHPS guidelines • Data collection: • Use of Web and telephone

6. Fielding the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/fielding-child-hcahps-93.pdf
   June 02, 2025 - Methods of Sampling Sampling for Child HCAHPS is based on the eligible discharges (sample frame) for … There are three options for sampling patients: Simple Random Sampling (SRS), Proportionate Stratified … Random Sampling (PSRS), and Disproportionate Stratified Random Sampling (DSRS). … Simple Random Sampling SRS is the most basic sampling technique in which a group of patients (a sample … Disproportionate Stratified Random Sampling In disproportionate stratified random sampling, dissimilar

7. CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/index.html
   March 01, 2025 - AHRQ does not require the use of a specific methodology for sampling or survey administration. … The level of sampling depends on the planned unit of analysis. … What is the timeframe for the sampling frame for the Clinician & Group Survey? … Sampling for the Clinician & Group Survey 3.0/3.1: The sampling frame for this version of the survey … Sampling for the Visit Survey 4.0 (beta): Because the sampling guidance is based on field tests of each

8. Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Slides 32-38 (pdf file)
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   June 02, 2025 - Organizations requiring CAHPS surveys specify administration protocol 33 www.ahrq.gov/cahps Sampling … CAHPS items and composites based on number of completed surveys • Factors to consider when selecting sampling … Administration of CAHPS Surveys Sampling Data Collection Modes We Have Tested Modes That Currently

9. Responsibilities of Sponsors, Vendors, and Consultants (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/RES_PM_1aDivision-of-Resp.pdf
   June 02, 2025 - Sponsors, Vendors, and Consultants Activity Role of sponsor Role of vendor(s) Role of consultant Sampling … • Prepare a sampling plan for discussion with the sponsor. … • Help the sponsor and vendor develop survey sampling specifications. … (You will need a statistical consultant if you or the vendor does not have a sampling statistician

10. Responsibilities of Sponsors, Vendors, and Consultants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/RESPOM1aDivisionofResp.html
    March 01, 2016 - Sampling Determine the groups of individuals to be surveyed. … Prepare a sampling plan for discussion with the sponsor. … Help the sponsor and vendor develop survey sampling specifications. … (You will need a statistical consultant if you or the vendor does not have a sampling statistician.)

11. Introducing the New CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150917/lee_hargraves-slides.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Introducing the New CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0 Sampling and Respondent Recall: What difference … field CG-CAHPS surveys with either a 6- or 12-month recall period, as well as using a 6- or 12-month sampling … Switching to a 6-month sample may shrink the sample, as a shorter sampling period decreases the chance … recall may obtain slightly higher scores 36 www.cahps.ahrq.gov To Ask a Question 37 Sampling

12. Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users - CAHPS 101 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/fry-administering.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Technology • Communication • Narrative Items • User-developed items ADMINISTERING & USING CAHPS 21 Sampling … Considerations • Sampling varies by survey and reporting goals • Users should consider: ► Data use … Hospital Survey CAHPS Survey Content Examples of CAHPS Supplemental Items ADMINISTERING & USING CAHPS Sampling

13. Fielding the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/day-of-discharge.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Sampling frame Children (age 17 and under) who had at least one overnight stay in the hospital. … Sampling Guidelines These sampling guidelines will help you understand who is eligible to be included … order to ensure that results are comparable to those produced by other vendors and sponsors, targeted sampling … Timeframe The following timeframe should be used when generating your sampling frame: • Include … in the sampling frame any eligible patient.

14. Fielding the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/fielding-cancer-53.pdf
    July 14, 2017 - • Random sampling: If the sampling frame for a treatment modality is larger than the desired sample … , use a random sampling process to select patients from the sampling frame to receive a survey. … Prior to conducting random sampling: o Screen each of the separate sampling frames for deceased individuals … o Evaluate the sampling frames for duplicates within sampling frames. … o Evaluate the sampling frames for duplicates across sampling frames, which can occur for patients who

15. Final Progress Report: Optimizing Detection of MRSA Carriage (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/doi-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - The use of sponge in lieu of swab enables sampling of a large skin area and generally improves the … skin colonization with sponge, which in practice could be performed by using one sponge with serial sampling … However, the sensitivity achieved by sampling of the skin with sponge (64.4%) did not appear sufficient … Third, the best sensitivities were achieved by combining the nasal swab with a second method: sampling … of the skin with a sponge (86.4%) or sampling of the pharynx with a swab (72.9%).

16. Sample Conference Grant Applications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/funding/fund-opps/sample-applications.html
    December 01, 2022 - A sampling of notable conference grant applications is provided here.

17. Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey" Transcript (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-cancer-care-transcript.pdf
    June 01, 2017 - And the CAHPS Consortium asked us to update the sampling algorithms from ICD-9 to -10. … Some cancer types do not have a surgery sampling algorithm. … So, we're going to suggest a minor change to the sampling algorithm logic. … It also lets you apply sampling where it's appropriate. … So, I think the approach to take would be to create separate sampling frames.

18. Preparing a Questionnaire Using the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/mhs/cahps-outpatient-mental-health-guidance.pdf
    December 01, 2024 - Exhibit 2.1 provides an overview of the sampling recommendations. Exhibit 2.1. … • The sampling frame is a person-level list rather than a service- or visit-level list. … Use their most recent visit for inclusion in the sampling frame. … Therefore, a patient who has disenrolled from a health plan can be included in the sampling frame as … long as the patient meets the other sampling criteria

19. Final Progress Report: Advancing Patient Identity Management in the Context of Real-World Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/grannis-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - We assessed three approaches to estimating the u values empirically, including: (1) randomly sampling … In addition to the McNemar’s test, we developed a novel approach to optimal record pair sampling when … The sampling approach can substantially reduce variance by over sampling pairs with discordant results … and under-sampling subjects with concordant results. … L. and Grannis, S. (2013), Optimal two-phase sampling design for comparing accuracies of two binary

20. Achievements in Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/achievements.html
    December 01, 2014 - Below, are links to two briefs that serve as a sampling of the Centers achievements.