Effect on survey response rate of hand written versus printed signature on a covering letter: Randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN67566265]

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  McKenzie McHarg, Kirstie ^a   Tully, Lucy ^a   Gates, Simon ^a   Ayers, Sarah ^a   Brocklehurst, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING; ADULT; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTERS; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HANDWRITING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24044456030     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-52     Document Type: Article

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