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Why are response rates in clinician surveys declining?

Ellen R. Wiebe, Janusz Kaczorowski and Jacqueline MacKay
Canadian Family Physician April 2012; 58 (4) e225-e228;
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    Characteristics of respondents, nonrespondents, and physicians with an office policy not to participate in any surveys: N = 335.*

    CHARACTERISTICSRESPONDENTS, N = 74,† N (%)NONRESPONDENTS, N = 64,† N (%)PHYSICIANS WITH AN OFFICE POLICY NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SURVEYS, N = 197,† N (%)P VALUE‡
    Sex.02
      • Male31 (41.9)38 (59.3)127 (64.4)
      • Female43 (58.1)26 (40.6)69 (35.0)
    Ethnicity.002
      • White71 (95.9)49 (76.6)143 (72.6)
      • East Asian2 (2.7)6 (9.4)36 (18.3)
      • South Asian1 (1.4)4 (6.3)7 (3.6)
      • Other0 (0)4 (4.7)11 (5.6)
    Practice setting.002
      • Urban40 (54.1)48 (75.0)148 (75.1)
      • Small city10 (13.5)8 (12.5)31 (15.7)
      • Rural23 (31.1)7 (10.9)18 (9.1)
    Years in practice< .001
      • < 1531 (41.9)13 (20.3)29 (14.7)
      • ≥ 1543 (58.1)50 (79.7)168 (85.3)
    • ↵* Eligible physicians only (ie, physicians who did not see women for contraception were excluded).

    • ↵† Data were not available for all physicians for all characteristics.

    • ↵‡ P value for the differences between respondents and physicians with an office policy not to participate in any survey (χ2 test).

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