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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Feb;32(2):357–367. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1205

Exhibit 3.

Examples Of Measures Of Patients’ Experience Of Care In The Care Model

Care Model element Measure
Self-management support Survey question: “My provider always asks me to describe how I will follow instructions about what to do to take care of an illness or health condition”a,b
Delivery system design Survey questions: “In the last twelve months, I talked with someone in my provider’s office at each visit about all the prescription medicines I was taking”a
“In the last twelve months, I got reminders from my provider’s office (e.g., about tests, treatments, or appointments) between visits”a
Decision support Survey question: “My provider always involves me in decisions as much as I want”b
Clinical information systems Survey question: “I have online access to my personal health information (care received, test results, and upcoming appointments)”b
Community partners Survey question: “Over the past six months when I received care for my chronic condition, I was encouraged to attend programs in the community that could help me”c

SOURCE Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

a

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey (see Note 42 in text).

b

Healthy People 2020 measure (see Note 45 in text).

c

Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care measure (see Note 43 in text).