Methods to increase response rates for data collected by telephone

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Hoile, Elizabeth C ^a   Free, Caroline ^a   Edwards, Philip James ^a   Felix, Lambert M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE VARIABLE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELECONSULTATION;

EID: 70049083422     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000029     Document Type: Review

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