Assessing patient experiences of providers' cultural competence and health literacy practices: CAHPS Item Sets.

نویسندگان

  • Carolyn Clancy
  • Cindy Brach
  • Melinda Abrams
چکیده

The supplement to the September 2012 issue of Medical Care [1] focuses on the development and evaluation of new questions, or "item sets," for use with the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys. The supplement is dedicated to the late Chuck Darby, who was a founding father of CAHPS. All 12 articles are freely available at: http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/toc/2012/09002 [1].

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Medical care

دوره 50 9 Suppl 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012