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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/sops/events/webinar/4-bestpractices-web-sopssurveys-yount.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Yount Slides
Fielding Your Survey
Naomi Yount, Ph.D. … can complete the
survey in multiple sittings
• Respondents have to complete
the survey in one sitting … • Have unique customized
hyperlinks for each potential
respondent
• Easy to administer with one … • Make computers available or provide paper
surveys
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Email Reminders
• Send weekly reminders … and encourage non-respondents to
complete the survey
• Reiterate the purpose/importance of the survey
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/bestpracticesweb.html
December 01, 2023 - Best Practices for Web-Based SOPS Surveys (Webcast)
June 12, 2019
Summary
Speakers and … for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Why Survey … Methods Research Is Important to AHRQ (PDF, 868 KB)
Theresa Famolaro, M.P.S, M.S., M.B.A. … Your Survey (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Recording
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com … About the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
The Surveys on Patient Safety Culture are a suite of surveys
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/04-outpt-mhs-webcast-hargraves.pdf
August 22, 2022 - Nonrespondents sent a second
questionnaire packet 3 weeks after the first
mailing. … ►Second mailing to 1508 plan members with no
prenotification letters since few respondents used the … We found small difference in response rates between the 4- and 8-page
questionnaires in round 2.
7.4% … • Nonrespondents sent a second questionnaire
packet several weeks after the first mailing. … Refinements of CAHPS Mental Health Care Surveys
What did we learn?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/whats-available.pdf
March 20, 2017 - Available for the Child Hospital
Survey:
Questionnaires
• CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: Overview … of the Questionnaire
• CAHPS Child Hospital Survey 1.0
(English and Spanish)
Survey Administration … Questionnaire
The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) assesses the experiences of
pediatric … Survey users may incorporate supplemental items at the end of the questionnaire to
capture information … preparing and sending letters and emails
about the survey to respondents.
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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/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/helpful-resources/translating/index.html
March 01, 2025 - Translating CAHPS Surveys and Other Materials
Most CAHPS surveys are available in Spanish, … AHRQ does not review independently translated surveys. … Guidelines for Translating CAHPS Surveys If you are translating a CAHPS survey, please review the following … The translated survey must accurately reflect the content and intent of the English questionnaire. … Direct the translators to produce colloquial questions and instructions that survey respondents can easily
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/2024-sops-deidentified-research-datasets.pdf
January 01, 2024 - respondents)
• Denominator (total
number of surveys
distributed)
• Response rate
(numerator/ … respondents)
• Denominator (total
number of surveys
distributed)
• Response rate
(numerator/ … respondents)
• Denominator (total
number of surveys
distributed)
• Response rate
(numerator/ … respondents)
• Denominator (total number of surveys
distributed)
• Response rate (numerator/ denominator … respondents)
• Denominator (total number of surveys
distributed)
• Response rate (numerator/ denominator
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/fielding-cancer-53.pdf
July 14, 2017 - • Send the respondent the questionnaire with a cover letter and a postage-
paid envelope. … • Send a postcard reminder to nonrespondents 10 days after sending the
questionnaire. … Some vendors prefer sending a reminder postcard to all
respondents 3 to 5 days after mailing the questionnaire … instead of sending a
postcard only to nonrespondents 10 days after the questionnaire is mailed. … If following up on an email or a mailed
questionnaire, initiate telephone contact with nonrespondents
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meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/survey.jsp
July 18, 2025 - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Survey Questionnaires … Select questionnaire section and year:
Questionnaires
All Questionnaire Sections
Access … Select questionnaire and year:
Questionnaires
All Questionnaires
Adult Self-Administered … Questionnaire - Spanish
The Diabetes Care Survey - English
The Diabetes Care Survey - English (Proxy … Select MPC questionnaire and year:
Questionnaires
All MPC questionnaires
Home Care Health
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meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/survey.jsp
July 18, 2025 - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Survey Questionnaires … Select questionnaire section and year:
Questionnaires
All Questionnaire Sections
Access … Select questionnaire and year:
Questionnaires
All Questionnaires
Adult Self-Administered … Questionnaire - Spanish
The Diabetes Care Survey - English
The Diabetes Care Survey - English (Proxy … Select MPC questionnaire and year:
Questionnaires
All MPC questionnaires
Home Care Health
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/resident/Development-Resident-Surveys.html
April 01, 2018 - Development of the CAHPS Nursing Home Resident Surveys
The Resident Surveys have been through … Cognitive testing of survey questions. … results of a field test that was conducted to learn more about
How to identify samples of potential respondents … ;
How to work with nursing homes to identify potential respondents;
How best to conduct surveys of … this population; and
How the draft instrument of the survey performs.
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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?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/understanding-cahps-surveys-webcast-transcript.pdf
January 01, 2018 - family of CAHPS
surveys, and it begins with the CAHPS core questionnaire. … the latest research
evidence that relates to survey methodology. … , is that all the survey questionnaires, the
tools, the resources that are developed through the CAHPS … data for respondent age, education and health status. … respondents responding always.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-patient-experience-fry-webinar.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users
What Is Patient Experience and How
Does CAHPS … Content
CAHPS Core
Questionnaire
CAHPS
Supplemental
Items
Customized
CAHPS
Survey
20 … www.ahrq.gov/cahps
CAHPS Core Questionnaires
Core domains include:
Access to care
Communication … Outcomes
CAHPS Survey Content
CAHPS Core Questionnaires
CAHPS Supplemental Items
CAHPS Core Surveys … : Some Examples
Accessing CAHPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/hiring/index.html
December 01, 2018 - Hiring a Vendor for a CAHPS Survey
Users of CAHPS surveys of patient experience typically seek … out and contract with a survey vendor to administer the survey and sometimes to analyze and report the … vendor in your area, you may want to consult with:
NCQA, which certified vendors for two CAHPS surveys … Coherent, thoughtful, and thorough responses to the specifics of the RFP;
Adequate safeguards to assure respondent … deadlines; and
Any penalties for falling short of the required response rates and number of completed questionnaires
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/index.html
May 01, 2024 - CAHPS Patient Experience Surveys and Guidance
What Are CAHPS Surveys? … For each survey, you can download formatted survey instruments, guidance for administering them, and … Information in the guidance documents is based on the survey developers' extensive research into best … AHRQ does not require the use of any surveys or the use of a specific methodology for sampling or survey … For these surveys, please consult technical documentation from CMS for their survey administration requirements
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/hospital/index.html
March 01, 2025 - the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey for providers and other staff to assess … SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 (released 2019) Survey Forms Core Survey Hospital Survey 2.0—English ( Word … Guide includes information on getting started, selecting a sample, administering web-based and paper surveys … SOPS Hospital Survey 1.0 (released 2004) Survey Form Hospital Survey 1.0—English ( PDF , 327 KB; Word … We want to know about your organization’s experiences using SOPS surveys and/or tools to: Maximize response