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AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 32, 期 3, 页码 288-289出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00232.x
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Health Care Survey; Survey methods; Practitioners; general; intravenous drug abuse
Objective: To report on the response rate achieved in a survey of medical practitioners and discuss the reasons for it. Method: An on-line (internet-based) survey of all 609 registered pharmacotherapy prescribers in Victoria and Queensland; invitations to participate were sent by mail in late April 2007, and one reminder letter in late May 2007. Results: Six hundred and nine invitation letters were mailed, nine were returned to sender, and 52 questionnaires completed, making the overall response rate 52/600 = 8.7%. The response rate in Queensland was 13.2% (16/121), and in Victoria 7.5% (36/479). Conclusion(s): Despite utilising sound techniques, our response rate was much lower than those achieved in recent Australian paper-based surveys of medical practitioners. It is possible that the issue being addressed (injecting-related injuries and diseases) was not of high priority for many invitees, leading to reduced response. Implications: On-line surveys are not yet an effective method of collecting data from Australian medical practitioners; researchers should continue to use paper questionnaires for maximum response.
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