Mail versus internet surveys: Determinants of method of response preferences among health professionals

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-201

  Lusk, Christine ^a   Delclos, George L ^a,b   Burau, Keith ^a   Drawhorn, Derek D ^a   Aday, Lu Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Determinants; Health care professionals; Internet surveys; Response rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS; TEXAS;

EID: 34247897037     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278707300634     Document Type: Review

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