A comparison of general practitioner response rates to electronic and postal surveys in the setting of the National STI Prevention Program

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-189

  Crouch, Simon ^a,b,c   Robinson, Priscilla ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing ^*  (Australia)

^c Department of Health and Ageing ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Health care surveys; Sexually transmitted disease; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 79959869928     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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