What are provider-based surveys? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the provider-based design?
All of the National Health Care Surveys are provider-based with data collection at the level of the provider, such as a physician office, a hospital inpatient department, or a nursing home. The health care provider also gives us information about the patients who receive services and the types of care that are delivered. Depending on the setting in which the care is delivered, this information may come from a record of the patient’s most recent visit, the hospital discharge form, or review of the entire medical record. Our surveys are designed to efficiently link characteristics about both patients and providers with the specific services that are delivered. This design is ideal for monitoring the delivery of specific health care services and understanding what types of patients receive different types of services. Our surveys are designed to make statements about the total number of services delivered in the United States. Our long-term care surveys can be used to make statements on a
Related Questions
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of a post-only, pre-post and test-control design for measuring persuasion in copy testing?
- What are provider-based surveys? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the provider-based design?
- Can anyone tell me strengths and weaknesses of a quasi - experimental design in psychology?
