Nonresponse bias: Does it affect measurement of clinician behavior?

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-352

  Solberg, Leif I ^a   Plane, Mary Beth ^b   Brown, Roger L ^b   Underbakke, Gail ^b   McBride, Patrick E ^b  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonresponse; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036551484     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200204000-00010     Document Type: Article

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