Cost effectiveness of a prize draw on response to a postal questionnaire: Results of a randomised trial among orthopaedic outpatients in Edinburgh

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-464

  Leigh Brown, Anne P ^a,b   Lawrie, Helen E R ^a   Kennedy, Andrew D M ^b   Webb, Jennifer A G ^c   Torgerson, David J ^d   Grant, Adrian M ^b  

^a Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030862094     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.4.463     Document Type: Article

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