Pre-test of questions on health-related resource use and expenditure, using behaviour coding and cognitive interviewing techniques

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chernyak, Nadja ^a,b   Ernsting, Corinna ^b   Icks, Andrea ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour coding; Cognitive interviewing; Questionnaire design; Self reported health care utilisation; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84865729982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-303     Document Type: Article

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