Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for Hospital SOPS
The SOPS® Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for hospitals was designed to be used in conjunction with the core SOPS Hospital Survey to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organizations place a priority on and adopt practices to promote efficiency, waste reduction, patient centeredness, and high-quality care at a reasonable cost. The 26 supplemental items may be added to the Hospital Survey, just before the Background Questions.
The Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set was developed and pilot tested for providers and staff in hospitals and ask for their opinions about the culture of value and efficiency in their organizations. More information on the SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the Medical Office Survey is available.
Supplemental Item Set
- Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey—English (Word, 79 KB; PDF, 254 KB) (Updated August 2022 to add a new item (F5))
- Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey—Spanish (Word, 82 KB; PDF, 258 KB)
Topics Covered by the Value and Efficiency Item Set
The Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set addresses the following topic areas:
- Empowerment To Improve Efficiency (3 items).
- Efficiency and Waste Reduction (3 items).
- Patient Centeredness and Efficiency (3 items).
- Management Support for Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste (4 items).
- Experience With Activities To Improve Efficiency (8 items).
- Overall Ratings - patient centered, effective, timely, efficient, equitable (5 items).
Pilot Study Results
The Hospital Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set was administered to providers and staff in 47 hospitals in early 2014. Pilot study results are available for the nearly 4,000 hospital respondents who completed the survey items.
- Results From the 2014 Pilot Study of the AHRQ SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey (PDF, 1 MB).
Resource List
This document contains references to websites that provide practical resources hospitals and medical offices can use to implement changes to improve the culture of value and efficiency in their organizations.
