Health Outcomes Research in Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages e39-e49 , July 2010

Readability and Missing Data Rates in CAHPS 2.0 Medicare Survey in African American and White Medicare Respondents

  • Marie Ngetiko Fongwa, RN, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Address: Marie Ngetiko Fongwa, RN, MPH, PhD, School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University, 701 East Foothill Boulevard, PO Box 7000, Azusa,  CA 91702.
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  • Claude M. Setodji, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rand Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Sylvia H. Paz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Leo S. Morales, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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  • W.N. Steers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Ron D. Hays, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

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 This study was supported in part by grant number 5 U18 HS-00924 and 1 U18 HS-016980 from AHRQ, the UCLA/Drew Project EXPORT, NIH, National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities, (P20-MD00148-01) and the UCLA Center for Health Improvement in Minority Elders/Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging, NIH/NIA/NCMHD, under Grant P30-AG-021684. The authors also acknowledge the assistance with access to data provided by the CMS and staff affiliated with the CAHPS Database effort. Hays was also supported in part by AG20679-01 from the National Institute of Aging and the UCLA Older Americans Independence Center, NIH/NIA Grant P30-AG028748.

 None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to disclose.

PII: S1877-1319(10)00003-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ehrm.2010.03.001

Health Outcomes Research in Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages e39-e49 , July 2010

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