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Understanding Key Drivers®

Understanding Key Drivers®

Key Drivers of Excellence® are determined through a statistical analysis and tell you what’s most influential in your patients’ perceptions of overall quality of care. They aren’t necessarily your lowest scoring areas, or even your highest scoring areas. Simply, they...
Populations and Sample Sizes

Populations and Sample Sizes

For most units and areas, PRC recommends targeting 50 interviews per quarter. For some areas, that can seem like a relatively low number given the thousands of patients they care for each quarter. To understand this recommendation, it’s helpful to understand the...
Sample Size Considerations

Sample Size Considerations

Sample size is one of the most important decisions you can make in your research study design. PRC generally recommends a minimum sample size of 50 patient interviews per patient group per quarter or 200 per year since a sample that is too small will result in data...
PRC’s Method for Normative Comparisons

PRC’s Method for Normative Comparisons

The challenge with looking at raw scores (e.g., Percent Excellent) is a lack of context. When, for example, 56.3% of your patients rate their overall care as “Excellent,” is that good or bad? In order to give more meaning to this Percent Excellent raw score, PRC...