OBJECTIVES Examine whether three measures of perceived racial discrimination in health care detect similar rates of discrimination and show similar associations with patients' healthcare experiences. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study involving telephone surveys and medical record reviews. SETTING Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System. PARTICIPANTS 50 White and 50 African ...

This study was an attemptto provide detailed information of the strengths and weaknesses of test takers‟ real ability through cognitive diagnostic assessment, and to detect differential item functioning in each test item. The rationale for using CDA was that it estimates an item‟s discrimination power, whereas clas- sical test theory or item response theory depicts between rather within item mu...