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Characteristics of non-responders to diabetes service use questionnaires.
- Source :
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Public Health (Nature) . Jan2001, Vol. 115 Issue 1, p78. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Postal surveys of service use are likely to overestimate health service use and may also underestimate health needs in the population. A historical cohort study, using postal questionnaires and medical records, showed that non-respondents are registered at addresses in more-deprived wards, they are less likely to have attended a hospital diabetes clinic (38% vs 45%) and much less likely to have had a diabetes review in general practice (11% vs 26%). An analysis based on questionnaire respondents would only therefore both underestimate the level of material deprivation and overestimate the proportion receiving routine reviews in general practice in a population with a chronic condition.Public Health (2001) 115, 78–79. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DIABETES
*HEALTH surveys
*HOSPITAL utilization
*PUBLIC health
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00333506
- Volume :
- 115
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Public Health (Nature)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8909989
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3506(01)00417-6