Factors affecting response rates to the consumer assessment of health plans study survey

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 485-499

  Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Zaborski, Lawrence B ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; Health care surveys; Nonresponse

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CORRESPONDENCE; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036615823     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200206000-00006     Document Type: Article

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