Health benefits offer rates: Is there a nonresponse bias?

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 401-412

  Pickreign, Jeremy D ^a   Gabel, Jon R ^b  

^a Hlth Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^b Hlth Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Health benefits offer rate; Nonresponse analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 16344374550     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.0o365.x     Document Type: Review

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