Rater Demographics

Overview of Survey Completion Data

Summary: The graphs below (figures 1 through 4) indicate that a total of 128 vendors completed the survey (one inadvertently completed it twice; the duplicate result was removed), an 87.7% completion rate. One vendor declined to complete the survey because the information being requested was felt to be excessively intrusive. Only 12.3% of users who began the survey did not complete it. The survey proved compatible with both mobile and desktop devices across a variety of internet browsers. Time for completion ranged from a median of 9 to 20 minutes, within advertised time periods.

The majority of providers work from one location (61.7%) while the rest (39.3% have more than one, broken down as follows:

• 2 to 4 locations - 65.1%

• 5 to 8 locations - 23.9%

• 9 to 12 - locations - 11.0%

The average vendor has been in practice 20 years (Median=17 years; Mode=20 years).

To view the number of vendors who bill under specific Service Codes, click here.

Vendors reported serving a total of 26,805 consumers across Regional Center agencies (in some cases the same consumer is served by multiple vendors and a single vendor may provide multiple services under different codes to a single consumer). Forty-seven percent of vendors reported that their business exclusively serves regional center consumers (total 12,697) and forty-six percent of vendors' reported their business is made up of 50 to 99% of Regional Center-funded consumers (12,444).

Accuracy of Ratings: Number of Consumers Served

These estimates appeared accurate as vendors rated the accuracy of their ratings as follows. Just over 90% reported their estimates of the number of Regional Center consumers served was just over 91% and only about 2% felt their estimates lacked accuracy.