Impact of differential response rates on the quality of data collected in the CTS physician survey

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-42

  Schoenman, Julie A ^a   Berk, Marc L ^a   Feldman, Jacob J ^a   Singer, Andrew ^a  

^a Project HOPE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data quality; Physician surveys; Response rates; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARD;

EID: 0037277043     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278702250077     Document Type: Review

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