International health policy survey in 11 countries: Assessment of non-response bias in the Norwegian sample

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bjertnaes, Oyvind A ^a   Iversen, Hilde H ^a   Bukholm, Geir ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949309768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-38     Document Type: Article

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