Editors and Researchers Beware
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Various methods of calculating eligibility rates in random digital dial (RDD) surveys lead to substantially different response rates.
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Addressing the Complexities of Survey Research
January 1, 2009 | Book
This chapter of "Nursing Policy Research: Turning Evidence-Based Research into Health Policy" reviews the conceptual and practical issues related to conducting surveys, including development of the research topic and survey questions, maximizing data collection, and coping with common problems.
Consumer Beliefs and Use of Information about Health Care Cost, Resource Use, and Value
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Increased investments in transparency—particularly of health care cost and resource use information—are meant to address the challenges of rising costs and inefficient care.
Physicians' Views of Comparative Information on Costs and Resource Use
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This brief offers a snapshot of physicians’ views on having access to this kind of information themselves and having this information available to the public.
The Benefits and Challenges of Multisite Studies
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Multisite studies provide large, diverse samples with sufficient statistical power to detect significant associations between nursing systems, care processes and outcomes. In this article, the researchers provide the example of six lessons learned from a nursing-led multisite study on non-intercepted medication errors in 14 acute care hospitals.
Researchers Identify Ways to Measure and Improve Home Health Care
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.