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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/sample-notification-letters.pdf
April 07, 2017 - respondent should return the survey
(for mail surveys) or fill out the survey online (for online surveys … questionnaires. … To allay respondents’
concerns or anxieties about how the ID number is used, add this note in
the questionnaire … respondent should return the survey
(for mail surveys) or fill out the survey online (for online surveys … To allay respondents’
concerns or anxieties about how the ID number is used, add this note in
the questionnaire
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/sample-frame-elements.html
February 01, 2025 - Examples of Sample Frame Elements
The sample frame that a CAHPS survey sponsor provides to a … Elements for an Adult Survey Unique patient ID (typically provided by provider or insurer). … Additional Elements for a Child Survey (if applicable) Parent or guardian’s name.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/dev_adult_hp_survey.html
January 01, 2025 - Development of the CAHPS Adult Hospital Survey
The CAHPS Hospital Survey was conceived first … This pilot test included 132 hospitals and resulted in over 19,000 completed surveys. … items into existing questionnaires as well as alternative protocols for administering the survey. … concluded the instrument testing process, AHRQ and the CAHPS Team gave CMS their recommendations for the questionnaire … Proxy respondents not prohibited from answering survey for patient.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/about/measures-hp50-2109.pdf
September 08, 2017 - Questionnaires
• CAHPS Health Plan Survey: Overview
of the Questionnaires
• Health Plan Survey … Administration Guidelines
• Preparing a Questionnaire Using the
CAHPS Health Plan Survey
• Fielding … :
• Rating measures are based on items that use a scale of 0 to 10 to measure
respondents’ assessment … Q9 Easy for respondent to get necessary care, tests, or treatment
Q18 Respondent got appointment with … Q4 Respondent got care for illness/injury as soon as needed
Q6 Respondent got non-urgent appointment
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Adams-Pizarro_109.pdf
January 08, 2008 - ) completed only the baseline survey. … only the baseline survey, and 7 (28 percent) completed only the followup survey. … Compared with hospitals completing both surveys, those completing the baseline survey only
tended to … only the baseline survey. … vs. those
completing both surveys
Baseline survey results [% (SD)] Followup survey results [% (SD
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-practice-assessments.pdf
May 17, 2021 - Make sure questions fit the language and reading level of the respondents. … Methods include:
By mail
Email link to survey
SMS (text message) link to survey
Paper … Pilot the survey. … Did the respondent understand the questions?
Modify items based on pilot.
Step 6. … Implement the survey.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/about/measures-cg30-2309.pdf
June 01, 2017 - Questionnaires
• CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey:
Overview of the Questionnaires
• Clinician & Group … Administration Guidelines
• Preparing a Questionnaire Using the
CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey … Types of Measures
Like all CAHPS surveys, the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey generates three types … reporting purposes:
• Rating measures are based on items that use a scale of 0 to 10 to measure
respondents … composite measures.
1 As discussed in Preparing a Questionnaire
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/recent-insights-webcast-cleary.pdf
December 19, 2019 - • How do the characteristics of respondents to web and mail
surveys differ? … Standard mail: Mail questionnaire; mail reminder; second questionnaire
(1176 respondents)
2. … mail questionnaire (782 respondents)
3. … • Standard mail protocol: Mail questionnaire; mail reminder;
second questionnaire (769 respondents … methods, including combinations
61
Comparisons of Electronic and Mail Survey Approaches
Research
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops_20_site_level_specs.pdf
February 18, 2022 - AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital Survey Version 2.0 Survey Data File Specifications … your respondent-level data from the AHRQ Surveys on Patient
Safety CultureTM (SOPS®) Hospital Survey … • SPANISH VERSION OF THE HSOPS
Please indicate which respondents (if any) completed a Spanish version … Unique Record ID (UNIQUEID), e.g. 001S
• OTHER LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE HSOPS
Please indicate which respondents … The
unique ID can be any arbitrary number of
your choice and should be different for each
respondent
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hsops2-datafilespec.pdf
September 16, 2019 - AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital Survey Version 2.0 Survey Data File Specifications … your respondent-level data from the AHRQ Surveys on Patient
Safety CultureTM (SOPSTM) Hospital Survey … • SPANISH VERSION OF THE HSOPS
Please indicate which respondents (if any) completed a Spanish version … Unique Record ID (UNIQUEID), e.g. 001S
• OTHER LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE HSOPS
Please indicate which respondents … The
unique ID can be any arbitrary number of
your choice and should be different for each
respondent
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/data-research/contents-cahps-de-identified-research-datasets.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Clinician & Group Survey Hospital Survey Child Hospital HCBS
Survey Items
and
Respondent
Variables … version
• Survey round
• Survey methodology
Child Medicaid and CHIP
Version 5.1
• Q1 – Q29
• … version
• Survey round
• Survey methodology
Adult Version 3.0
• Q1 – Q22
• About You items (Q23 … respondents)
• Denominator (total number of
surveys distributed)
• Response rate
(numerator/denominator … respondent
ID
• De-identified respondent
ID
• De-Identified hospital ID
• De-identified respondent
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/about-cahps/research/improving-efficiency-cahps-survey-admin.pdf
November 01, 2015 - Administration
The Aim
The CAHPS team’s guidelines for administering CAHPS surveys are carefully … administration, the CAHPS team can assess their suitability for the CAHPS surveys and develop the evidence … more efficiently and expediently while still maintaining the integrity and credibility of the CAHPS surveys … and recall period affect respondent recall and response rates to the Clinician & Group Survey? … How do different formatting and design changes in paper questionnaires affect respondents’ answers,
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/medical-office/submission.html
September 01, 2024 - Participating in the SOPS Medical Office Survey Database
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety … Respondent-level survey data following the appropriate data file specifications for each medical office … respondents to be associated with the appropriate medical office where the respondents completed the … overall findings and results by medical office characteristics and respondent characteristics. … Accepted Versions of the Survey and Supplemental Item Sets The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/index.html
November 01, 2023 - CAHPS Hospital Survey
The CAHPS Hospital Survey (often referred to as HCAHPS or Hospital CAHPS … They also ask respondents to rate the hospital and indicate their willingness to recommend the hospital … Adult HCAHPS
The Adult Hospital Survey is a standardized questionnaire for people 18 and older who … As a result, the survey and all supporting documentation for survey administration are available from … Child HCAHPS
The Child Hospital Survey is a standardized questionnaire for parents/guardians of children
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/hospital/supplemental-items/workplace-safety.html
December 01, 2024 - Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient … Mark Linzer's Mini-Z 2.0 survey tool (https://www.professionalworklife.com/mini-z-survey). … respondents. … The report consists of a narrative description of the findings and appendixes, presenting data by respondent … The supplemental items for this report displays results of 28 hospitals with more than 7,000 respondents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2024-child-hcahps-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2024 - information about the survey measures can be found here:
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance … Average number of respondents per hospital (range: 4 to 1,214) 181
Average number of surveys administered … Appendix A
Respondent and Child Demographic Characteristics
Child HCAHPS Survey Database 2024 … (cont’d)
Respondent Demographic Characteristics Number of Respondents Percent of Respondents
Preferred … Respondent-level survey results are
calculated across all respondents in the Database, ignoring their
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/modifying/index.html
May 01, 2020 - Modifying a CAHPS Survey
All CAHPS surveys are designed to achieve two important goals:
Standardization … Adding to the Core Questionnaire
You can customize a CAHPS questionnaire to meet needs unique to your … Changing the Core Questionnaire
Some organizations use CAHPS surveys as starting points for a modified … If you make these kinds of changes, the questionnaire is no longer considered a CAHPS survey. … their survey, and encourages the use of names that will be meaningful to respondents.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/index.html
April 01, 2016 - items available for use with the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0. … 3.0 to ensure that the items are relevant, consistent across surveys, not duplicative with core items … For guidance on using supplemental items, refer to Preparing a Questionnaire Using the CAHPS Clinician … & Group Survey ( PDF - 323.11 KB )
Version: Adult
Topic: Access
AC1. … Respondent contacted provider’s office after hours
AC6.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-ch-hospital-webcast-122223-dodson.pdf
April 12, 2024 - CAHPS Database Manager
Westat
AHRQ CAHPS Database Overview
• Databases are for selected CAHPS surveys … research
26
AHRQ CAHPS Database Overview
• Participation is voluntary, free and open to all users of surveys … Respondent Characteristics
87% were the
mother of the child
42% were between
the ages of 35- … in submitting data complete four
easy steps:
Step 1
Register
Step 2
Sign DUA
Step 3
Upload
Questionnaire … 2023 Child HCAHPS Database Results
2023 CAHPS Child Hospital Database Child and Respondent Characteristics
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/managing/index.html
May 01, 2022 - Translation of questionnaire/materials (some CAHPS surveys already have a Spanish-language version, but … Will you conduct the survey by mail, telephone, or both?
How many questionnaires will you send? … How many surveys will you need to field to achieve the target number of completed surveys? … Characteristics of the Survey Population
Do you need to translate the questionnaire or reports for … Do the respondents include low literacy or elderly populations?