Enabling a survey of primary care to measure the health care experiences of adults with disabilities.

Purpose: To enable an existing survey on primary care so that it can be used to assess the healthcare experiences reported by adults living with disabilities, and to evaluate its properties.

Methods: Mixed-methods study. We first identified content areas for measurement as compared to the items in the existing instrument and then developed new candidate items.

Role of cognitive testing in the development of the CAHPS Hospital Survey.

Objective: To describe how cognitive testing results were used to inform the modification and selection of items for the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey pilot test instrument.

Data Sources: Cognitive interviews were conducted on 31 subjects in two rounds of testing: in December 2002-January 2003 and in February 2003. In both rounds, interviews were conducted in northern California, southern California, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.