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Surveys & Tools

Over its 40-year history, RAND Health has produced many practical surveys and tools. Many are available below, organized by topic.

Surveys

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All of the surveys from RAND Health are public documents, available without charge (for non-commercial purposes). Please provide an appropriate citation when using these products. In some cases, the materials themselves include specific instructions for citation. Some materials listed are not available from RAND Health. Those links will take you to other websites, where you will find instructions for use. There are no further permissions necessary.

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If the survey is requested for commercial use, please send an email with a brief description regarding the use of the survey. We review commercial requests on a case by case basis.

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Some of the surveys listed are available in other languages. If the translation you are seeking does not appear on this website, then it is NOT available from RAND. If you are interested in translating any surveys into another language, see our translation guidelines.

Health Economics

Hospital competition measures
(Data and documentation for variable-radius measures)

Managed health care survey

HIV, STDs, and Sexual Behavior

HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS)

HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services surveys (CHIPTS website)
and CHIPTS Project Database

HIV Patient-Assessed Report of Status and Experience (HIV-PARSE)

Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health

Pediatric Asthma Symptom Scale

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL Measurement Model)

Mental Health

Mental Health Inventory

Depression screener

Improving care for depression in primary care (Partners in Care)

Military Health Policy

Gulf War pesticide use survey

Quality of Care

Chronic illness care evaluation instruments (ICICE website)

Dialysis Patient Satisfaction Survey (DPSS)

Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires (PSQ-III and PSQ-18)

Patient satisfaction survey for the Unified Medical Group Association

Visit-Specific Satisfaction Instrument (VSQ-9)

Quality of Life

Epilepsy Surgery Inventory survey (ESI-55)

Kidney Disease Quality of Life Instrument (KDQOL)

Medical Outcomes Study (MOS)

Measures of Quality of Life (Core Survey)
Short Forms:12-Item (SF-12), 20-Item (SF-20), 36-Item (SF-36)
Measures of Patient Adherence
Mental Health Inventory
Sexual Problems Measures
Sleep Scale
Social Support Survey

National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life Instrument (NEI RQL-42)
(UCLA website, registration required)

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL Measurement Model)

Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-89 and QOLIE-31)

Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25)

Research Methods

Socially Desirable Response Set Five-Item Survey (SDRS-5)

Managed Health Care Survey Categorizes Critical Elements of Public Sector Arrangements

This RAND Health survey captures key differences between managed and "unmanaged" care as well as differences among managed care arrangements, and it includes six domains predicted to have an impact on access, service utilization, costs, and quality.

Tools

About Our Surveys

Permissions

All of the surveys from RAND Health are public documents, available without charge (for non-commercial purposes).

Non-Commercial Purposes

Please provide an appropriate citation when using these products. In some cases, the materials themselves include specific instructions for citation. Some materials listed are not available from RAND Health. Those links will take you to other websites, where you will find instructions for use. No further permissions are necessary.

Commercial Purposes

If this is a commercial purpose please send an email with a brief description regarding the use of the survey. We review commercial requests on a case by case basis.

Translations

Many of the surveys listed are available in other languages. If you are interested in translating any surveys into another language, see our translation guidelines.