You
are invited to be part of a group of Knowledge Networks Panel Members
in a study being conducted by Yale University, the University of
Wisconsin and RAND, a non-profit research organization based in
California. This study is funded by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ), an agency within the federal Department
of Health and Human Services. The purpose of this study is to learn
about parents’
experiences with hospitals where their children have received care.
Your participation in this study will involve responding to some
questions about your recent visits to your health care provider.
Completing this survey will take about 15 minutes.
A
small number of survey participants will be randomly selected for
more detailed interviews about their health care experiences. These
follow-on interviews will be conducted by phone and will last about
an hour.
Your
participation in this study is completely voluntary. You may
participate in the initial survey about your health care experiences
without any obligation to agree to a follow-on interview; at the end
of the survey, we will ask if you are willing to be contacted for the
phone interview. You may withdraw your consent, discontinue
participation, and/or refuse to answer any questions at any time
without penalty. As always, your identity will be kept confidential
in all data and reports resulting from the study. Furthermore, the
information collected through this study will only be reported in the
aggregate – no particular person’s responses will be
singled out.
There
is no identifiable risk to you from participating in this study.
Participation in this survey will not affect the care that your
children receive. The main benefit to participating in this study is
that you will contribute to general understanding about how people
use information to make health care decisions.
All
of the conditions and terms described in the "Knowledge
Networks, Inc. Privacy & Terms of Use Policy" document that
you received when you got your recruitment packet are in effect for
this study. If you have questions about your rights as a participant
in this study, or about any other aspect of this study, you may
contact Knowledge Networks at (800) 782-6899.
Would
you like to participate in this study? If yes, the survey will
follow.