Prolonged recruitment efforts in health surveys: Effects on response, costs, and potential bias

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 639-643

  Holle, Rolf ^a   Hochadel, Matthias ^b   Reitmeir, Peter ^a   Meisinger, Christa ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 33750430634     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000239731.86975.7f     Document Type: Article

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