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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
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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.
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/fielding-child-hcahps-93.pdf
April 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
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-how-are-surveys-administered-fry-webinar.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Organizations requiring CAHPS surveys specify
administration protocol
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/RES_PM_1aDivision-of-Resp.pdf
April 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
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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.)
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/fry-administering.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Technology
• Communication
• Narrative Items
• User-developed items
ADMINISTERING & USING
CAHPS
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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
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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 - 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.
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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
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/fund-opps/sample-applications.html
December 01, 2022 - A sampling of notable conference grant applications is provided here.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/ccqmpc/ccqmp-pc-development.pdf
July 01, 2016 - Sampling Guidelines. … In the survey’s pilot test, the sampling frame further excluded individuals diagnosed with
Alzheimer … • Include all patients meeting the requirements of the above sampling criteria even if they are no … Recommended Data Elements for Sampling or Fielding by an External Party
For studies in which the data … Including the unique, study-specific clinic ID on each
record in the eligible patient sampling frame
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/qual-methods-pcr-080323.pptx
January 01, 2025 - major steps of our pragmatic qualitative study, including the development of the interview guide, the sampling … Methods; Sage Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA, USA, 2002; Volume 3, pp. 339–428.
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Purposeful Sampling … This sampling approach had clear strengths and limitations. … Aim 3: Methods
Individual interviews with parents, adolescents and healthcare providers
Purposeful sampling … Snowball sampling for providers and families using telehealth outside our hospital system
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Benefits
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide6.html
May 01, 2016 - Which patients will be included in the sampling? … Rather, multiple sampling events are recommended to ensure accurate conclusions. … Sampling Techniques
There are three main sampling techniques that teams can use for a VTE prevention … audit:
Convenience sampling : Reviewers select patients because they are available on the ward ( … Random sampling: All patients in a representative population are subject to selection.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-emergency-dept-webinar-survey-admin.pdf
April 02, 2025 - because of state regulations that place further
restrictions on who may be contacted
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Recommended Sampling … CAHPS Survey Administration
ED CAHPS Patient Eligibility
ED CAHPS Ineligible Patients
Recommended Sampling
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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.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140115_DB/6_Ed_Karls_slide_53-71.pdf
May 01, 2013 - currently the
focus is at the clinic level)
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UMHS--Survey Program Operational Facts
• Sampling … Mail (e-surveying not yet operational)
• Different sampling rates for each clinic based on eligible … patient
volume, in order to achieve 30 completed surveys per clinic per
quarter
• Sampling rates
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/about.html
August 01, 2021 - Fielding the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Sampling Guidelines and Protocols includes sampling guidelines