Non-response in telephone surveys of COPD patients does not introduce bias

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-44

  Aanerud, Marianne ^a,b   Braut, Harald ^b   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^a,c,d   Eagan, Tomas M L ^a,b   Bakke, Per S ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84876013652     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X12474960     Document Type: Article

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