TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Reliability of Self-Reported Health Service Use: Evidence from the Women with Co-occurring Disorders, and Violence Study
JO  - Journal of behavioral health services and research
A1  - Chung, Seockhoon
A1  - Domino, Marisa Elena
A1  - Jackson, Elizabeth W.
A1  - Morrissey, Joseph P.
SP  - 265
EP  - 278
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
N2  - In behavioral health services research, self-reporting provides comprehensive information on service use, but may have limited reliability because of recall bias and misclassification. This study examines test-retest reliability of self-reported health service use, factors affecting reliability, and the impact of inconsistent reporting on the robustness of cost estimates using the test-retest data from the Women, Co-occurring Disorders, and Violence Study (n = 186). Reliability varies widely across service types: moderate to substantial (k = 0.65-0.94) for any use; slight to substantial (ICC = 0.12-0.93) for quantity of use; and none to moderate (k = -0.06-0.79) for service content, but is not affected by psychiatric symptom severity. Cost estimates do not differ according to the use of test or retest data. Findings suggest that self-reporting provides reliable data on service quantity and is adequate for economic evaluations. However, self-reporting of treatment content in highly specified service categories (e.g., individual counseling during residential treatment) may not be reliable.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1094-3412
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11414-007-9105-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -