Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1129-1136

  Asch, David A ^a,b,d   Jedrziewski, M Kathryn ^b   Christakis, Nicholas A ^c,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Epidemiology; Financial incentives; Health services research; Mailed survey; Research design; Response bias; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PHYSICIANS; POSTAL SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 0030696977     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00126-1     Document Type: Article

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