Forgetting to remember or remembering to forget: A study of the recall period length in health care survey questions

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-46

  Kjellsson, Gustav ^a   Clarke, Philip ^b   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health survey; Hospitalization; Recall error; Recall periods; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SURVEY DESIGN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECALL; RECALL ERROR; RECALL PERIOD; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894720672     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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