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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/calculating-sample-size.html
August 01, 2024 - Calculating the Starting Sample Size for CAHPS Surveys
The starting sample size you need to achieve … numbers) will decrease your response rate and need to be considered when estimating the starting sample size … proportion of the sample ineligible for the survey is needed to determine the total starting sample size … What if the patient base isn’t big enough for the required sample size? … If a healthcare organization does not have a patient base large enough to draw the required sample size
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA118-Materials_II.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Interquartile range (for sample size >=5)
b. Standard Deviation (for sample size >=10)
iii. … (for sample size >=20)
c. 90th percentile (for sample size >=10)
iv. … Interquartile range (for sample size >=5)
b. Standard Deviation (for sample size >=10)
iii. … (for sample size >=20)
c. 90th percentile (for sample size >=10)
iv. … percentile (for sample size >=20)
c. 10th percentile (for sample size >=10)
Step 8.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-145-materials-ix.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Sample Size: What is the
typical sample size available
for each unit at this level? … What proportion of units at
this level of aggregation can
achieve an acceptable
minimum sample size … Sample Size: What is the
typical sample size available
for each unit at this level? … What proportion of units at
this level of aggregation can
achieve an acceptable
minimum sample size
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/formatting-questionnaires.html
August 01, 2024 - Important elements include the two-column format, the use of white space, and the font size and type … Avoids the confusion cause by the horizontal orientation of response options Section Headings Font Size … Use 13 pt. as a guide (although font sizes can vary in actual size) Minimum size necessary to ensure … Minimum size necessary to ensure readability Font style Any serif font (e.g., Times New Roman) Improves … (Can use 12 pt. as a rough guide since size varies with style) Minimum size required for readability
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-195-tables%201-7.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Sample Size Calculation for 95% Confidence Intervals around Expected Overuse Percentages
Expected Overuse … Proportion
Required Sample Size for
CI half-width=2.5%
Required Sample Size
for CI half-width … =5%
Required Sample Size
for CI width=8%
5.0% 292 73 N/A
8.0% 292 114 45
10.0% 554 139 55
15.0% … Per Group Sample Size for Two-Sample Proportion Test (control proportion 15%)
Power
5%
Difference
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/appa.html
October 01, 2015 - PI Name: Project Title
Unique Element
Number of Practices
Practice Type
Practice Size … and hospital-owned practices, an academic clinic, and a Federally Qualified Health Center
Varied in size … Program
2,432
Varied; includes adult and pediatric practices and 60% solo practices
Varied in size … Federally Qualified Health Centers, and practices belonging to health systems
Practices varied in size … 13
Large, nonprofit multispecialty medical group that serves about 850,000 patients
Practice size
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/key-characteristics.html
March 01, 2017 - PI Name: Project Title
Unique Element
# of Practices
Practice Type
Practice Size … and hospital-owned practices, an academic clinic, and a Federally Qualified Health Center
Varied in size … Program
2,432
Varied; includes adult and pediatric practices and 60% solo practices
Varied in size … Federally Qualified Health Centers, and practices belonging to health systems
Practices varied in size … 13
Large, nonprofit multispecialty medical group that serves about 850,000 patients
Practice size
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/dyer-prelim-results.pdf
April 01, 2011 - linking Medical
Office SOPS with:
o Staff positions, and
o Medical office characteristics (e.g., size … 2) Office size
3) Ownership
4) Specialty of office
5) Degree of health information technology
(HIT) … Question: Are there differences in patient
safety culture scores by medical office
size? … • Examined correlations between medical office
size and patient safety culture scores
• Size = # … Medical Office Size Categories
o Small offices = 5-10 providers and staff
o Medium offices = 11-30
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim4b.html
July 01, 2013 - Ratios examined were overall utilization ratio and utilization ratio by cohort, ICU status, and bed size … Bed Size
Figure 15. … Catheter Utilization Ratio During Baseline (BL) and Post-Baseline (P) Collection Periods – By Bed Size
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi5.html
January 01, 2013 - CLABSI rate over time—overall *
* Sample size per time period represents the number of facilities … CLABSI rate estimated from unit data submitted to NHSN *
* Sample size per time period represents … Rates By Bed Size
Units were classified based upon the total number of beds within the hospital they … Total bed size was obtained from the 2010 AHA Annual Survey. … Total hospital bed size classification (n=100)
Bed Size
N
%
1-99
0
0%
100
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim4a.html
July 01, 2013 - Rates were examined as: overall CAUTI rate and CAUTI rate by cohort, ICU status, and bed size. … Bed Size
Figure 7. … CAUTI Rate During Baseline (BL) and Post-Baseline (P) Collection Periods – NHSN Calculation – By Bed Size … Bed Size
Figure 11. … Rate During Baseline (BL) and Post-Baseline (P) Collection Periods – Population CAUTI Rate – By Bed Size
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp5c.html
January 01, 2013 - survey, units were classified as residing in teaching or non-teaching hospitals, and the median bed size … of the sample was used to classify units as residing in hospitals with total bed size above or below … that could not be matched to an AHA survey were classified as non-teaching and below the median bed size … Forty-five percent of units resided in teaching hospitals, and the median bed size was 230 (mean=311, … Variability in responses was found based on teaching status and bed size.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/2024-sops-deidentified-research-datasets.pdf
January 01, 2024 - 1-7
• Items from section
A1-E1
• Background
questions F1-F3
Site
characteristics
• Bed size … denominator)
• Survey
administration mode
• Survey
administration date
of data collection
• Bed size … denominator)
• Survey
administration
mode
• Survey
administration date
of data collection
• Bed size … questions 1-4
• Items from section A1-G2
• Background questions 1-3
Site
characteristics
• Bed size … denominator)
• Survey administration mode
• Survey administration date of data collection
• Bed size
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-trache.pdf
June 02, 2025 - – Use the largest size possible to reduce airway resistance, keep work of breathing low,
reduce the … be tight enough to prevent accidental decannulation, but loose enough to
allow for change in neck size … Emergency package should be with child at all times and contain:
– Spare tracheostomy tube of same size … and one size smaller, scissors, ties, suction catheter,
normal saline, gloves, self-inflating bag with … – Information card with details on brand, size, and length of tube; catheter insertion
depth; reason
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-169-fullreport.pdf
February 01, 2017 - 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/acute/chipra-118-fullreport.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Interquartile range (for sample size >=5)
b. Standard deviation (for sample size >=10)
3. … (for sample size >=20)
c. 90th percentile (for sample size >=10)
4. … 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/evidencenow/evaluation/evidence-now-snapshot-practices.pdf
August 01, 2017 - 1,500 small- and medium-
The 1,500 practices are located across 12 States and have
an average panel size … The 1,500 practices are located across 12 States and have
an average panel size of 1,400 patients per … Urban - 69%
Rural - 19%
Suburban - 12%
More than 1 in 3 are in a medically underserved area
SIZE
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiaph.html
April 01, 2018 - the human review finds to be positive is a hypergeometric random variable (A, AP, a) = (population size … , subpopulation size, sample size)
From the True positive charts, A, a are sampled
Sampled … Var(Specificity) = Var(HR specificity) + Var(HR specificity) x (Alg specificity) 2
Table for sample size … The variance in the estimates were small due to the large sample size (C+D) and high sensitivity of the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-141-fullreport.pdf
July 01, 2017 - 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/data/SyH-DR-stat-brief-3-financial-measures.pdf
March 01, 2024 - Factors such as location, size, teaching status, and ownership are examined to
provide a nuanced view … We grouped hospitals as follows:
● Inpatient bed size group (1-99 [small], 100-199 [medium], 200+ … The interaction of teaching and bed size was not explored here and could be separately
important in … Teaching Status Hospital Ownership Location Region
2016 2019
All
Hospitals Bed Size Teaching … Teaching Status Hospital Ownership Location Region
2016 2019
All
Hospitals Bed Size Teaching