Table 3.

Confirmation of Composite Structure for Shortened CAHPS Hospital Survey

Abbreviated Item Content			Factor Loadings		Uniqueness of Error
Nurse Communication
5	listen carefully	=	0.88	+	0.48
4	respect	=	0.83	+	0.55
6	explain	=	0.79	+	0.61
Doctor Communication
12	listen carefully	=	0.91	+	0.41
13	explain	=	0.81	+	0.58
11	respect	=	0.85	+	0.52
Responsiveness
9	help soon	=	0.77	+	0.63
22	help bathroom	=	0.73	+	0.69
Physical Environment
17	room clean	=	0.67	+	0.74
18	quiet at night	=	0.57	+	0.82
Pain Control
33	everything to help	=	0.92	+	0.40
32	pain well controlled	=	0.79	+	0.62
Medicine Communication
41	possible side-effects	=	0.76	+	0.65
40	allergic to medicines	=	0.65	+	0.75
Discharge Information
49	problems to look for	=	0.57	+	0.82
48	help needed	=	0.57	+	0.82

Model fit statistics: CFI=0.98; NNFI=0.97; average absolute residual correlation=0.007