Surveying adolescents enrolled in a regional health care delivery organization: Mail and phone follow-up - What works at what cost?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 534-541

  Richards, Julie ^a   Wiese, Cheryl ^a,c   Katon, Wayne ^a   Rockhill, Carol ^a,b   McCarty, Carolyn ^a,b   Grossman, David ^a   McCauley, Elizabeth ^a,b   Richardson, Laura P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cost Benefit analysis; Mental health; Practice based research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; TELEPHONE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARENTAL CONSENT; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IDAHO; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; POSTAL SERVICE; TELEPHONE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77955287129     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.04.100019     Document Type: Article

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