Irritable bowel syndrome: Are incentives useful for improving survey response rates?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-261

  Patten, Scott B ^a   Li, Feng Xiao ^a   Cook, Tim ^b   Hilsden, Robert J ^a   Sutherland, Lloyd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic surveys; Irritable bowel syndrome; Random digital dialing; Response rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

EID: 0037368774     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00586-3     Document Type: Article

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