The impact of response bias on estimates of health care utilization in a metropolitan area: The use of administrative data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1134-1140

  Reijneveld, S A ^a   Stronks, K ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health surveys; Reproducibility of results; Response bias

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNICAL AID;

AMSTERDAM; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0033396547     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.6.1134     Document Type: Article

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