Medical consumption of respondents and non-respondents to a mailed health survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-271

  Lamers, Leida M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health survey; Medical consumption; Non response bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030801762     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/7.3.267     Document Type: Article

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