Reducing questionnaire length did not improve physician response rate: A randomized trial

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 477-481

  Bolt, Eva E ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data collection; Health care surveys; Physician surveys; Questionnaire design; Questionnaire length; Response rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVIST; INTERNIST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SURGEON; TERMINAL CARE;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH-CARE SURVEYS; PHYSICIAN SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE LENGTH; RESPONSE RATE;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84896719435     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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