Spanish Health Care UtilizationClick here for English version (opens in new window)
ScoringThese are single items. We have found that we often have to follow up with telephone clarification for these items, no matter how they are written. You will need to figure out how stringent you want to be in your own research. For example, do you want to count an ER visit that resulted in an in-patient admission? Do you want to distinguish between acute and SNF nights in hospital (patients often can't distinguish)? Do you want to clarify whether the physician visits include infusions, allergy shots, dialysis, or diagnostic tests? CharacteristicsTested on 317 Spanish-speaking subjects.
Source of Psychometric DataSpanish speaking diabetics in the Stanford/El Paso Border Diabetes Project. Report for publication in process. CommentsThere is no perfect way to get self-reported utilization data-do not try for a time period of more than six months. The article below discusses the validity of these questions. ReferencesRitter PL, Kaymaz H, Stewart A, Sobel DS, Lorig KR, Self-reports of health care utilization compared to provider records. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2001, 54, pp.136-141. English versions are described in: Lorig K, Stewart A, Ritter P, González V, Laurent D, & Lynch J, Outcome Measures for Health Education and other Health Care Interventions. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 1996, pp.25,52-53. To download this scale and scoring instructions, right click the link below with your mouse and "Save as" to you hard disk or desktop (for Windows), or double click (Mac):
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