Comparison of responses to a $2 bill versus a chance to win $250 in a mail survey of emergency physicians

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 888-891

  Tamayo Sarver, Joshua H ^a,b   Baker, David W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 4009 Cullen Drive ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

incentive; methodology; physicians; survey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MONEY; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242731305     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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