Do postage stamps versus pre-paid envelopes increase responses to patient mail surveys? A randomised controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lavelle, Katrina ^a   Todd, Chris ^a   Campbell, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; POSTAL MAIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WRITING;

CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 45249093229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-113     Document Type: Article

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