Open AccessDoes the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Cultural Competence Survey Provide Equivalent Measurement Across English and Spanish Versions?
Author(s) -
Adam C. Carle,
Robert WeechMaldonado
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3182665189
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , psychology , health care , cultural competence , medicaid , cultural bias , equivalence (formal languages) , social psychology , linguistics , pedagogy , philosophy , economics , economic growth
The English and Spanish versions of the Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Cultural Competence Survey (CAHPS-CC) assess patients' experiences with culturally competent care. The possibility exists that even when Spanish and English speakers experience the same levels of culturally competent care, responses describing their care may differ. This is called measurement bias. To deliver reliable and valid information across language, responses must provide equivalent measurement across both versions. In this study, we examined whether measurement bias on the CAHPS-CC impedes valid measurement across the English and Spanish versions.