Evaluation of a Protocol for Eliciting Narrative Accounts of Pediatric Inpatient Experiences of Care.

Narratives elicited from rigorously designed multi-item sets can provide detailed, substantive information about pediatric inpatient experiences that hospitals could use to improve child and family experiences during pediatric hospitalization. They add context to closed-ended survey item responses and provide information about experiences of care important to children and families that are not included in quantitative surveys. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.