Differential effectiveness of telephone prompts by medical and nonmedical staff in increasing survey response rates: A randomised trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-99

  Gupta, Leena ^a   Ward, Jeanette ^a,c   D'Este, Catherine ^b  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CSAHS Needs Assess Hlth O   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0030942718     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01662.x     Document Type: Article

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