Improving response rate and quality of survey data with a scratch lottery ticket incentive

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Olsen, Frank ^a,b   Abelsen, Birgit ^a,c   Olsen, Jan Abel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Center of Clinical Documentation and Evaluation   (Norway)

^c Northern Research Institute Alta   (Norway)

Author keywords

Incentive; Item nonresponse; Nonresponse error; Response rate; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROL GROUP; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REMINDER SYSTEM; REWARD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONTROL GROUPS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; ORAL HEALTH; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; REWARD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862198700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-52     Document Type: Review

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