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This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://info.ahrq.gov. Let us know the nature of the problem, the Web address of what you want, and your contact information. Please go to www.ahrq.gov for current information. Supplemental Information for Request for ApplicationsRFA: HS-02-001 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Letter of Intent Receipt Date: September 24, 2001 The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invites applications for cooperative agreements to build on and expand the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS®). This RFA builds on earlier work to enrich the evidence base concerning consumer assessment and reporting and enhance the usefulness of CAHPS® products. Select for more information about the RFA. The files below have been made available to provide supplemental information on CAHPS® (Select for Downloading Information). Knowledge or review of these files is not required for submitting an application to the CAHPS® II RFA. The files are intended to provide additional information on the current status of CAHPS® research and development. Description of Supplementary InformationCAHPS® 2.0 Survey and Reporting KitThis zipped file contains information from the CAHPS® 2.0 Survey and Reporting Kit (CSRK). It provides reliable and valid tools that sponsors can use to help consumers and purchasers assess and select health plans including the survey instruments, sample formats for reporting results to consumers, software to assist in data analysis, and guidance and instructions to help organizations carry out the surveys and produce the reports. CAHPS® 2.0 survey instruments can be downloaded, and complete kits can be obtained from: AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse Group Practice Level CAHPS®This zipped file contains information from the Group Practice Level CAHPS® (G-CAHPS®). CAHPS® users were interested in expanding the use of CAHPS® from the health plan level to the group practice level. In collaboration with the Pacific Business Group on Health and funded jointly by the California Health Care Foundation and AHRQ, the G-CAHPS® instrument was developed and tested. The download includes the final report and appendixes from the initial round of field testing, as well as recommendations for future steps. CAHPS®-Persons With Mobility Impairments (CAHPS®-PWMI)This project is still at the conceptual stage of development. The goal is to develop and test an instrument to measure the experiences of persons with mobility impairments. An expert meeting was convened in April 2000 to discuss the issues and challenges related to this effort. The preliminary summary of this meeting with appendices is included in the download. Other Reference DocumentsThis file contains the remaining supplemental documents referenced in the RFA including:
Downloading InformationYour browser may support downloading the RFA's supplementary files from this Web page by File Transfer Protocol (FTP). In zipped files, the files are in Word®, PDF, and PowerPoint® formats. To download from your browser, click the right mouse button on the following links and then click "Save Target as" (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link as" (Netscape Navigator). After saving a file, find the file by using Windows® Explorer (Windows® 98/95/NT) or File Manager (Windows® 3.x) and then open it by double clicking on it.
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