Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ► Surgical patients' experiences

Measure Summaries

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Surgical patients' experiences: percentage of surgical patients who reported how well their surgeon communicated with them after surgery.

• Surgical patients' experiences: percentage of surgical patients who reported how well their surgeon communicated with them before surgery.

• Surgical patients' experiences: percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon or a health provider from this surgeon's office gave them information to help them prepare for surgery.

• Surgical patients' experiences: percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon or a health provider from this surgeon's office gave them information to help them recover from surgery.

• Surgical patients' experiences: percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon was attentive on the day of surgery.

• Surgical patients' experiences: percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon's office staff was helpful, courteous, and respectful.

Surgical patients' experiences: surgical patient's overall rating of their surgeon.