Conducting Physician Mail Surveys on a Limited Budget: A Randomized Trial Comparing $2 Bill Versus $5 Bill Incentives

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-99

  Asch, David A ^a,b,c   Christakis, Nicholas A ^d   Ubel, Peter A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Epidemiology; Financial incentives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDGET; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

BUDGETS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031612471     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199801000-00011     Document Type: Article

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