Implications of the growing use of wireless telephones for health care opinion polls

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1762-1772

  Cantor, Joel C ^a   Brownlee, Susan ^a   Zukin, Cliff ^b   Boyle, John M ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c Abt SRBI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

State health reform; Survey research; Wireless substitution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749084218     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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