Review of patient satisfaction and experience surveys conducted for public hospitals in Australia

Consultancy report

This consultancy report was released on 12 August 2005.

The consultancy was commissioned by the Health Working Group for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, and jointly funded by all jurisdictions’ health departments. Jim Pearse of Health Policy Analysis Pty Ltd conducted the consultancy between May and June 2005.

The consultancy reviewed patient satisfaction and responsiveness surveys conducted in relation to public hospital services in Australia, and international developments were briefly reviewed.

A major objective of the consultancy was to identify points of commonality and difference between patient satisfaction surveys and their potential for concordance and/or for forming the basis of a minimum national data set on public hospital 'patient satisfaction' or 'patient experience'.

It was concluded that although all Australian patient based surveys assess similar aspects of patient experience and satisfaction, the different methodologies adopted pose significant impediments to achieving comparable information.

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Contents

Preliminaries
Cover, Contents

Executive Summary

1 Background

2 Research methods

3 International developments

4 Description of approaches taken in Australia and each jurisdiction

5 Comparison of methods

6 Future directions

References

Appendix A Jurisdiction informants interviewed

Appendix B Review of questions included in patient survey instruments

Appendix C Patient survey instruments in Australian jurisdictions

Appendix D Hospital CAHPS (H-CAHPS) instrument — draft

Appendix E British NHS admitted patient instrument

Appendix F World Health Survey 2002 — Patient Responsiveness Survey

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