作者: Patrick J. Tighe , Roger B. Fillingim , Robert W. Hurley
DOI: 10.1016/J.PAIN.2014.02.003
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摘要: Abstract Although prior work has investigated the interplay between demographic and intrasurvey correlations of Hospital Consumer Assessment Healthcare Providers Systems (HCAHPS) scores, these studies have not included geospatial analyses, or analyses that take into account location effects. Here, we report results a analysis (not equivalent to simple geographical analysis) patient experience scores pertaining pain. HCAHPS data collected in 2011 were examined test hypothesis with pain management (PEPM) geospatially distributed throughout United States using Moran’s Index, which measures association PEPM hospital location. After limiting dataset hospitals continental nonzero response rates, 3645 analyses. “Always” responses clustered amongst analyzed hospitals. Clustering was significant all distances tested from 10 5000 km (P