Telephone follow-up was more expensive but more efficient than postal in a national stroke registry

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 896-902

  Lannin, Natasha A ^a,b,c   Anderson, Craig ^c,d   Lim, Joyce ^c   Paice, Kate ^e   Price, Chris ^f   Faux, Steven ^g   Levi, Christopher ^h   Donnan, Geoffrey ^e   Cadilhac, Dominique ^e,i  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Alfred Health ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f National Stroke Foundation Australia   (Australia)

^g ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data collection; Follow up studies; Registries; Response rate; Stroke; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; TELECONSULTATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; STROKE; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879824159     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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