Impact of reminders and method of questionnaire distribution on patient response to mail-back satisfaction survey

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1174-1180

  Gasquet, I ^a,b,c   Falissard, B ^b,c   Ravaud, P ^a  

^a Evaluation and Quality Department   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Inpatient care; Mail surveys; Patient satisfaction; Selection bias; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034765732     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00387-0     Document Type: Article

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