Table 7.

Representativeness: Elicitation Performance across Illness Strata

Strata of Health Needs	Performance Metrics
	Word Countsa (Elicitation/Interview)	Completenessb		Balancec	Meaningfulness
		Communication	Coordination	(Positive vs. Negative)	Expressivityd (Expectations)	Narrative Texturee
Healthy	0.17	0.81	0.56f	1.02	0.37	0.66
Chronically ill	0.14	0.76	0.82	1.17	0.37	0.52
Seriously ill	0.13	0.73	0.87	1.00	0.61	0.76

^aRatio of total word count in EPN to total word count from interview.

^bCongruence of reporting of this domain on both EPN and interview.

^cRatio of positive valence over negative valence on EPN, divided by the comparable ratio for the interview.

^dRatio of expectation count on EPN to expectation count on interview.

^eRatio of narrative texture synthetic code from the EPN to narrative texture synthetic code from the interview.

^fDifference between more and less seriously ill statistically significant, p < .05.

Source: Calculated from authors' own data.