Form CMS-10542 HCAHPS Survey+44 Supplemental Items

HCAHPS Survey+44 Supplemental Items
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named in the cover letter. Do not fill out this survey if you were not the patient.
Answer all the questions by checking the box to the left of your answer.
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Please note: Questions 1-25 in this survey are part of a national initiative to measure the quality
of care in hospitals. OMB #0938-0981

Please answer the questions in this
survey about your stay at the hospital
named on the cover letter. Do not
include any other hospital stays in your
answers.

3.

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

YOUR CARE FROM NURSES
1.

During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses treat you with
courtesy and respect?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

2.

During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses listen carefully to
you?

During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses explain things in
a way you could understand?

4.

During this hospital stay, after you
pressed the call button, how often
did you get help as soon as you
wanted it?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
9
 I never pressed the call button
1
2

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

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YOUR CARE FROM DOCTORS
5.

During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors treat you with
courtesy and respect?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

6.

During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors listen carefully
to you?

 Never
2
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1

7.

During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors explain things in
a way you could understand?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1

YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THIS HOSPITAL
10. During this hospital stay, did you
need help from nurses or other
hospital staff in getting to the
bathroom or in using a bedpan?




1

2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 12

11. How often did you get help in
getting to the bathroom or in
using a bedpan as soon as you
wanted?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

12. During this hospital stay, did you
need medicine for pain?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 15

2

THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
8.

During this hospital stay, how
often were your room and
bathroom kept clean?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

9.

During this hospital stay, how
often was the area around your
room quiet at night?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1

13. During this hospital stay, how
often was your pain well
controlled?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

14. During this hospital stay, how
often did the hospital staff do
everything they could to help you
with your pain?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

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15. During this hospital stay, were you
given any medicine that you had
not taken before?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 18

16. Before giving you any new
medicine, how often did hospital
staff tell you what the medicine
was for?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

19. During this hospital stay, did
doctors, nurses or other hospital
staff talk with you about whether
you would have the help you
needed when you left the
hospital?




1
2

20. During this hospital stay, did you
get information in writing about
what symptoms or health
problems to look out for after you
left the hospital?




1
2

17. Before giving you any new
medicine, how often did hospital
staff describe possible side
effects in a way you could
understand?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

WHEN YOU LEFT THE HOSPITAL
18. After you left the hospital, did you
go directly to your own home, to
someone else’s home, or to
another health facility?

 Own home
 Someone else’s home
3
 Another health
1
2

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If Another, Go to
Question 21

Yes
No

Yes
No

OVERALL RATING OF HOSPITAL
Please answer the following questions
about your stay at the hospital named
on the cover letter. Do not include any
other hospital stays in your answers.
21. Using any number from 0 to 10,
where 0 is the worst hospital
possible and 10 is the best
hospital possible, what number
would you use to rate this hospital
during your stay?

0
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10
0

Worst hospital possible

1

Best hospital possible

3

22. Would you recommend this
hospital to your friends and
family?

 Definitely no
 Probably no
3
 Probably yes
4
 Definitely yes
1

MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT NURSES
We have some additional questions about
your experiences during this hospital stay.

2

26. During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses use medical
words you did not understand?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CARE
WHEN YOU LEFT THE HOSPITAL
23. During this hospital stay, staff
took my preferences and those of
my family or caregiver into
account in deciding what my
health care needs would be when I
left.

 Strongly disagree
2
 Disagree
3
 Agree
4
 Strongly agree
1

24. When I left the hospital, I had a
good understanding of the things I
was responsible for in managing
my health.

 Strongly disagree
 Disagree
3
 Agree
4
 Strongly agree
1
2

25. When I left the hospital, I clearly
understood the purpose for taking
each of my medications.

 Strongly disagree
2
 Disagree
3
 Agree
4
 Strongly agree
5
 I was not given any medication
1

2

27. During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses talk too fast when
talking with you?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

28. During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses use pictures,
drawings, models or videos to
explain things to you?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

29. During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses interrupt you
when you were talking?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

when I left the hospital

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30. During this hospital stay, how
often did nurse answer all your
questions to your satisfaction?

 Never
2
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1

31. During this hospital stay, how
often did nurses make sure you
understood all the information you
were given?

 Never
2
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1

32. During this hospital stay, how
often did you feel that nurses
really cared about you as a
person?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT DOCTORS

34. During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors talk too fast
when talking with you?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

35. During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors use pictures,
drawings, models or videos to
explain things to you?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

36. During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors interrupt you
when you were talking?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

37. During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors answer all your
questions to your satisfaction?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

33. During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors use medical
words you did not understand?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

38. During this hospital stay, how
often did doctors make sure you
understood all the information you
were given?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

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39. During this hospital stay, how
often did you feel that doctors
really cared about you as a
person?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCES IN THIS HOSPITAL
40. During this hospital stay, did you
and hospital staff talk about things
in your life that worry you or cause
you stress?


2

1

Yes
No

41. During this hospital stay, did you
and hospital staff talk about
specific goals for your health?


2

1

Yes
No

MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT MEDICINE
42.

During this hospital stay, did you
have any pain?




1
2

43.

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 44

During this hospital stay, how
often did hospital staff try to help
reduce your pain?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always

44. During this hospital stay, did you
get medicine for pain?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 46

45. Before giving you pain medicine,
did hospital staff describe
possible side effects in a way you
could understand?




1
2

Yes
No

46. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff talk with you about
all the prescription medicine you
were taking?




1
2

Yes
No

47. During this hospital stay, did you
take any medicine that you had
not taken before?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 51

48. Did you and hospital staff talk
about the reasons you might want
to take the medicine?




1
2

Yes
No

49. Did you and hospital staff talk
about the reasons you might not
want to take the medicine?




1
2

Yes
No

1
2

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50. When you and hospital staff talked
about taking the new medicine,
did they ask what you thought was
best for you?

 Yes
2
 No
9
 Hospital staff did not talk with me
1

about taking the new medicine

MEDICAL TESTS DURING THIS
HOSPITAL STAY

54. During this hospital stay, when
you had a blood test, x-ray or
other test, how often did hospital
staff explain the results to you?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

55. How often were the results of your
blood test, x-ray or other test easy
to understand?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1

51. During this hospital stay, did you
have a blood test, x-ray or other
test?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 56

52. During this hospital stay, before
you had a blood test, x-ray or
other test, how often did hospital
staff explain what it was for?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

2

MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHEN YOU LEFT THE HOSPITAL
56. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff talk with you about
how much to involve your family
or friends in planning for when
you left the hospital?




1
2

53. How often was the explanation
easy to understand?

 Never
 Sometimes
3
 Usually
4
 Always
1
2

57. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff respect your wishes
about how much to involve your
family or friends in planning for
when you left the hospital?




1
2

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Yes
No

Yes
No

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58. During this hospital stay, were you
told to take any medicine after you
left the hospital? Include
prescription and non-prescription
medicines as well as any
medicines you were already taking
before your hospital stay.




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 65

59. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff explain the purpose
of each of the medicines you were
told to take at home?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 65

60. Was the explanation easy to
understand?




1
2

Yes
No

61. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff give you instructions
about how to take your medicines
when you were at home?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 65

62. Were these instructions easy to
understand?




1
2

64. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff tell you who to call if
you had questions about your
medicines?




1
2

Yes
No

65. Before you left the hospital, did
hospital staff give you a chance to
ask any questions you may have
had about how to care for your
self after this hospital stay?




1
2

Yes
No

66. Before you left the hospital, did
hospital staff give you a chance to
ask any questions you may have
had about what kinds of doctors
or other care providers you
needed to see after this hospital
stay?




1
2

Yes
No

67. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff give you a telephone
number to call if you had problems
after you left the hospital?




1
2

Yes
No

Yes
No

63. During this hospital stay, did
hospital staff ask you to describe
how you were going to take your
medicines when you were at
home?




1
2

8

Yes
No

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PREVIOUS HOSPITAL STAYS
68. Did you have an overnight hospital
stay in the 30 days before this
hospital stay?




1
2

Yes
No  If No, Go to Question 70

69. Was the previous hospital stay for
the same condition or problem as
this hospital stay?

ABOUT YOU
There are only a few remaining items
left.
70. During this hospital stay, were you
admitted to this hospital through
the Emergency Room?

 Yes
 No

1
2

71. In general, how would you rate
your overall health?

 Excellent
 Very good
3
 Good
4
 Fair
5
 Poor
1

 Yes
 No

1
2

2

72. In general, how would you rate
your overall mental or emotional
health?

 Excellent
 Very good
3
 Good
4
 Fair
5
 Poor
1
2

73. What is the highest grade or level
of school that you have
completed?

 8th grade or less
 Some high school, but did not

1
2



5

6

3
4

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graduate
High school graduate or GED
Some college or 2-year degree
4-year college graduate
More than 4-year college degree

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74. Are you of Spanish, Hispanic or
Latino origin or descent?

75. What is your race? Please choose
one or more.

 No, not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
2
 Yes, Puerto Rican
3
 Yes, Mexican, Mexican American,

 White
 Black or African American
3
 Asian
4
 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific

1

1
2

Chicano
 Yes, Cuban
5
 Yes, other
Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
4



5

Islander
American Indian or Alaska
Native

76. What language do you mainly
speak at home?

 English
 Spanish
3
 Chinese
4
 Russian
5
 Vietnamese
6
 Portuguese
9
 Some other language (please
1
2

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