AHRQ invites public comment in response to a Request for Information (RFI) about a potential Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS^®) survey to assess patients’ prenatal and childbirth care experiences in ambulatory and inpatient care settings.

Accordingly, this RFI seeks comments about such topics as:

• Priority areas for measuring prenatal and childbirth care experiences in healthcare settings, such as communication with providers, respect, access to services, and patients’ perceptions of bias in receiving care
• Settings of care for which patient experience of care should be developed
• Existing surveys or survey items currently being used to assess patients’ prenatal and childbirth care experiences
• Special considerations or concerns associated with the collection of such information

This RFI will help inform the development of scientifically sound survey(s) to potentially measure patients’ prenatal and childbirth care experience.

Comments in response to this notice must be received by May 5, 2023. Please submit comments electronically to CAHPS1@westat.com with the subject line “Prenatal and Childbirth Care Experience Survey RFI.”