CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Database

The Clinician & Group Survey Database Survey (CG CAHPS) Database is a central repository of survey data from practice sites, medical groups, and regional health collaboratives that have administered the CG CAHPS survey and choose to submit their data to the Database. This database was operational from 2010 through 2020.

Using the data for research. De-identified data files at the respondent and organization level are available to researchers. 

Review Results from the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey

Aggregated data from the Clinician & Group Survey can be reviewed in two formats: the CAHPS Data Tools and Chartbooks.

CAHPS Data Tools

AHRQ’s CAHPS Data Tools provide access to aggregated results for composite measures, rating measures, and individual survey items, organized according to survey version and field period. The CAHPS Data Tools present data in four different ways:

• Overview: The number of respondents and practice sites represented in the most recent surveys.
• Top Box Results: The percentage of survey respondents who chose the most positive score for a given item’s response scale.
• Percentiles: The percentage of practices sites that scored at or below a particular top box score.
• Bar Charts: A graphical distribution of survey results that shows the top, bottom, and middle response categories.

Chartbooks

CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Chartbooks summarize the survey results in a given year. These Chartbooks are available for 2012-2019.

• 2019 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 1 MB); 2019 Highlights: Infographic (PDF, 337 KB)
• 2018 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 1.2 MB); 2018 Highlights: Infographic (PDF, 301 KB)
• 2017 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 1 MB); 2017 Highlights: Infographic (PDF, 390 KB)
• 2016 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• 2015 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• 2014 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• 2013 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• 2012 CAHPS Chartbook (PDF, 1.7 MB)