Evaluation of the consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems in-center hemodialysis survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program requires that dialysis centers meet predefined criteria for quality of patient care to ensure future funding. The CMS selected the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems In-Center Hemodialysis (CAHPS-ICH) survey for the assessment of patient experience of care. This analysis evaluated the psychometric properties of the CAHPS-ICH survey in a sample of hemodialysis patients.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Data were drawn from the Adelphi CKD Disease Specific Program (a retrospective, cross-sectional survey of nephrologists and patients). Selected United States-based nephrologists treat

SUBMITTER: Wood R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4046733 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature