The HIPAA authorization form and effects on survey response rates, nonresponse Bias, and data quality A randomized community study

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 959-965

  Beebe, Timothy J ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^a,b   Camilleri, Michael ^b   Jenkins, Sarah M ^a   Anderson, Kari J ^a   Richard Locke III, G ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent forms; HIPAA; Response bias; Response rate; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748864150     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31805468b0     Document Type: Article

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