Validation of the patient-reported experience measure for care in Chinese hospitals (PREM-CCH)

• Main Authors: Xuanxuan Wang, Jiaying Chen, Yaling Yang, Bo Burström, Kristina Burström
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021-01-01
• Series: International Journal for Equity in Health
• Subjects: Patient experience; Patient-reported experience measure; Psychometric evaluation; Public hospital; China
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01370-6

Abstract Background A psychometrically validated instrument to measure patient experience in Chinese public hospitals would be useful and is currently lacking. Our research team developed the Patient-Reported Experience Measure for Care in Chinese Hospitals (PREM-CCH). We aimed to validate this PREM-CCH in the present study. Methods Data were drawn from a cross-sectional patient survey in 2016. Complete responses from 2293 outpatients and 1510 inpatients were included. Separate psychometric evaluation was carried out on outpatient and inpatient PREM-CCHs in terms of exploratory factor analysis, internal consistency, construct validity and criterion validity. Results The validated outpatient PREM-CCH contained 22 items and five Factors, i.e. Communication and information, Professional competence, Medical costs, Efficiency, and Hospital recommendation. The validated inpatient PREM-CCH contained 19 items and six Factors, i.e. Communication and information, Professional competence, Medical costs, Efficiency, Health outcomes, and Hospital recommendation. The PREM-CCH showed satisfactory internal consistency, construct validity and criterion validity. Conclusions The PREM-CCH is one of the first validated instruments capturing patient experience of care in the context of Chinese public hospitals. It performed well in the psychometric evaluation. It consists of a basic set of items important to patients that could be applicable to public hospitals in China and actionable to inform quality improvement initiatives.