Does sampling using random digit dialling really cost more than sampling from telephone directories: Debunking the myths

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yang, Baohui ^a   Eyeson Annan, Margo ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SAMPLING; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33645312068     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-6     Document Type: Article

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