BACKGROUND: The purpose of this article is to relate response rates in surveys among GPs to the use of conditional and non-conditional incentives. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The data were gathered during a nation-wide survey among all Norwegian general practitioners. RESULTS: There was a higher response rate among respondents who received non-conditional incentives. Although not significant at the 5 percent level, the effect is sufficiently strong to be characterised as interesting. INTERPRETATION: The results indicate that non-conditional incentives are effective in enhancing the response rate in surveys among GPs.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this article is to relate response rates in surveys among GPs to the use of conditional and non-conditional incentives. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The data were gathered during a nation-wide survey among all Norwegian general practitioners. RESULTS: There was a higher response rate among respondents who received non-conditional incentives. Although not significant at the 5 percent level, the effect is sufficiently strong to be characterised as interesting. INTERPRETATION: The results indicate that non-conditional incentives are effective in enhancing the response rate in surveys among GPs.
Authors: Philip James Edwards; Ian Roberts; Mike J Clarke; Carolyn Diguiseppi; Reinhard Wentz; Irene Kwan; Rachel Cooper; Lambert M Felix; Sarah Pratap Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2009-07-08