Comparison of response rates and cost-effectiveness for a community-based survey: Postal, internet and telephone modes with generic or personalised recruitment approaches

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sinclair, Martha ^a   Otoole, Joanne ^a,b   Malawaraarachchi, Manori ^a   Leder, Karin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Internet survey; Postal survey; Survey methods; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL MAIL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL SERVICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84865561088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-132     Document Type: Article

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