ArticleHealth services research2012
Deployment of a mixed-mode data collection strategy does not reduce nonresponse bias in a general population health survey.
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- Factors associated with testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and evaluation of a recruitment protocol among healthcare personnel in a COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
- Participation Bias in a Survey of Community Patients With Heart Failure.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2020Article
- Perceived Social Isolation and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2018Article
- Optimizing patient-reported outcome and risk factor reporting from cancer survivors: a randomized trial of four different survey methods among colorectal cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Article
- A Comparison of Web and Telephone Responses From a National HIV and AIDS Survey.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2016Article
- Harmonizing and consolidating the measurement of patient-reported information at health care institutions: a position statement of the Mayo Clinic.Patient related outcome measures · 2014Review
- Engaging Public Health Alumni in the Tracking of Career Trends: Results From a Large-Scale Experiment on Survey Fielding Mode.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess nonresponse bias in a mixed-mode general population health survey. DATA SOURCES: Secondary analysis of linked survey sample frame and administrative data, including demographic and health-related information. STUDY
designThe survey was administered by mail with telephone follow-up to nonrespondents after two mailings. To determine whether an additional mail contact or mode switch reduced nonresponse bias, we compared all respondents (N = 3,437) to respondents from each mailing and telephone respondents to the sample frame (N = 6,716). PRINCIPAL
findingsSwitching modes did not minimize the under-representation of younger people, nonwhites, those with congestive heart failure, high users of office-based services, and low-utilizers of the emergency room but did reduce the over-representation of older adults.
conclusionsMultiple contact and mixed-mode surveys may increase response rates, but they do not necessarily reduce nonresponse bias.
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