Do postage-stamps increase response rates to postal surveys? A randomized controlled trial.
Open Access
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 31 (4) , 872-874
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/31.4.872
Abstract
Postal health surveys in the general population can provide important information to assist with planning and service provision.1 High response rates are needed to ensure validity and to minimize costs from following-up non-responders.2Keywords
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