Editors and researchers beware: Calculating response rates in random digit dial health surveys

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART1, 2013, Pages 665-676

  Martsolf, Grant R ^a   Schofield, Robert E ^a   Johnson, David R ^a   Scanlon, Dennis P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

random digit dial; response rate calculation; survey methodology; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; TELECONSULTATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84875056067     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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