The effects of tracking responses and the day of mailing on physician survey response rate: three randomized trials.

BACKGROUND: The response rates to physician postal surveys remain modest. The primary objective of this study was to assess the effect of tracking responses on physician survey response rate (i.e., determining whether each potential participant has responded or not). A secondary objective was to ass...

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Main Authors: Elie A Akl, Swarna Gaddam, Reem Mustafa, Mark C Wilson, Andrew Symons, Ann Grifasi, Denise McGuigan, Holger J Schünemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3044144?pdf=render