A Pilot Study to Estimate the Cost of a Telephone Survey of Rare Populations: African Americans and Persons with Angina.

Bertram, Dennis A.

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Publication Date: 1994

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A Pilot Study to Estimate the Cost of a Telephone Survey of Rare Populations: African Americans and Persons with Angina.

Bertram, Dennis A.

Evaluation Review, v18 n6 p718-29 Dec 1994

This pilot study provides information on the effort required to conduct a telephone survey on access to care of persons with angina. Allowing for noncontact calls, refusal to participate, and ineligibility, the response rate for whites was 23.4% (2,724 of 11,559), and that of African Americans was 24.3% (2,003 of 8,242). (SLD)

Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Blacks, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Eligibility, Estimation (Mathematics), Health Services, Participation, Pilot Projects, Primary Health Care, Research Methodology, Responses, Telephone Surveys

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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