Response rates in GP surveys: Trialling two recruitment strategies

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 427-430

  Bonevski, Billie ^a   Magin, Parker ^a   Horton, Graeme ^a   Foster, Mark ^b   Girgis, Afaf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GP Access   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data collection methods; General practice; Health care surveys; Questionnaires; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

EID: 79959543800     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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