Survey Research Methodology

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Surveys—from in-person to web-based, and discrete choice to stated preference—are an important means of collecting sociological, statistical, and demographic data. RAND has pioneered the use of surveys in several fields, including the development of the Delphi method of opinion gathering, and examined the statistical accuracy of various survey formats and web-based surveys.

Research conducted by: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; RAND Europe; RAND Labor and Population; RAND Health

All Items (172)

Journal Article

Accessing Primary Care: A Simulated Patient Study — Mar 1, 2013

Simulated patient, or so-called mystery-shopper, studies are a controversial, but potentially useful, approach to take when conducting health services research.

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Using Logistic Approximations of Marginal Trace Lines to Develop Short Assessments — Jan 1, 2013

This article describes the computations needed to obtain logistic approximations of marginal trace lines for graded response items derived from multidimensional bifactor item response theory (IRT) models.

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Anxiety Treatment Improves Physical Functioning with Oblique Scoring of the SF-12 Short Form Health Survey — Jan 1, 2013

Evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders in primary care improves physical functioning when measured using oblique scoring of the SF-12.

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Using Indirect Estimates Based on Name and Census Tract to Improve the Efficiency of Sampling Matched Ethnic Couples from Marriage License Data — Jan 1, 2013

We describe a new method that allows oversampling on the basis of indirectly estimated race/ethnicity when name and address information are available.

Blog

Creating More Savvy Consumers Through Public Reporting — Dec 27, 2012

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys are designed to capture patients' experiences in a systematic way that facilitates reporting the results publicly to help other consumers make more savvy care decisions. Consumer choices may influence providers to improve the care they offer so that they can effectively compete in the market.

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Consumer Response to Patient Experience Measures in Complex Information Environments — Oct 30, 2012

As indicators of clinician quality proliferate, public reports increasingly include multiple metrics. This approach provides more complete performance information than did earlier reports but may challenge consumers' ability to understand and use complicated reports.

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Development of and Field Test Results for the CAHPS PCMH Survey — Oct 30, 2012

This study provides support for the reliability and validity of new items to supplement the CG-CAHPS 1.0 Survey to assess aspects of primary care that are important attributes of PCMHs.

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Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: The Development of a CAHPS Nursing Home Survey Measuring Family Members' Experiences — Oct 29, 2012

This survey measures family members' experiences of nursing home care, and the results contribute to the understanding of quality of care in nursing homes.

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Development and Evaluation of CAHPS Questions to Assess the Impact of Health Information Technology on Patient Experiences with Ambulatory Care — Oct 29, 2012

New CAHPS HIT items were identified that measure aspects of patient experiences not assessed by the CAHPS C&G 1.0 survey.

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Introduction — Oct 29, 2012

This article is an introduction to a special issue of Medical Care describing recent work conducted by investigators on the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPSs) project.

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A Field Experiment on the Impact of Physician-Level Performace Data on Consumers' Choice of Physician — Oct 29, 2012

Health plan members can be encouraged successfully to access physician-level quality data using an inexpensive letter and automated phone call.

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Psychometric Properties of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Clinician and Group Adult Visit Survey — Oct 29, 2012

The CG-CAHPS Adult Visit Survey has acceptable psychometric properties at the individual level and practice site level.

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Differences in CAHPS Reports and Ratings of Health Care Provided to Adults and Children — Oct 25, 2012

Consumer assessment of health care is an important metric for evaluating quality of care.

Tool

ExpertLens Offers an Online Approach to Stakeholder Engagement and Expert Elicitation — Sep 5, 2012

When making complex decisions, researchers and policymakers often seek the input of many stakeholders and individuals with varied perspectives. ExpertLens is an online application developed by research and programming experts at the RAND Corporation to help achieve these goals easily and cost effectively.

Journal Article

Overview of Significant Changes in the Minimum Data Set for Nursing Homes Version 3.0 — Sep 1, 2012

The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a standardized assessment that is completed on all residents admitted to Medicare certified nursing homes in the US.

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Development and Evaluation of CAHPS® Survey Items Assessing How Well Healthcare Providers Address Health Literacy — Sep 1, 2012

This study provides support for reliability and validity of the CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy.

Journal Article

PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale: An Item Response Theory Analysis — May 1, 2012

This study provides initial calibrations of the anger items and creates the PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale, version 1.0.

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Rasch Analysis in the Development of a Simplified Version of the National Eye Institute Visual-Function Questionnaire-25 for Utility Estimation — Mar 1, 2012

This study developed a vision-targeted health state classification system based on the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25).

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Development of a Prognostic Model for Six-Month Mortality in Older Adults with Declining Health — Mar 1, 2012

This study seeks to develop a new prognostic model, the Patient-Reported Outcome Mortality Prediction Tool (PROMPT), for six-month mortality in community-dwelling elderly patients.

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Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability Testing of Quality Assessment Instruments — Mar 1, 2012

Numerous tools exist to assess methodological quality, or risk of bias in systematic reviews; however, few have undergone extensive reliability or validity testing.

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