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A Randomized Trial of the Impact of Survey Design Characteristics on Response Rates Among Nursing Home Providers
Evaluation & the health professions, v 34(4), pp 464-486
01 Dec 2011
PMID: 21411474
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Abstract
An experiment was conducted to maximize participation of both the Director of Nursing (DoN) and the Administrator (ADMIN) in long-term care facilities. Providers in each of the 224 randomly selected facilities were randomly assigned to 1 of 16 conditions based on the combination of data collection mode (web vs. mail), questionnaire length (short vs. long), and incentive structure. Incentive structures were determined by amount compensated if the individual completed and an additional amount per individual if the pair completed (a) $30 individual/$5 pair/$35 total; (b) $10 individual/$25 pair/$35 total; (c) $30 individual/$20 pair/$50 total; and (d) $10 individual/$40 pair/$50 total. Overall, 47.4% of eligible respondents participated; both respondents participated in 29.3% of facilities. In multivariable analyses, there were no differences in the likelihood of both respondents participating by mode, questionnaire length, or incentive structure. Providing incentives contingent on participation by both providers of a facility was an ineffective strategy for significantly increasing response rates.
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- Title
- A Randomized Trial of the Impact of Survey Design Characteristics on Response Rates Among Nursing Home Providers
- Creators
- Melissa Clark - Brown UniversityMichelle Rogers - Brown UniversityAndrew Foster - Brown UniversityFaye Dvorchak - Brown UniversityFrances Saadeh - Brown UniversityJessica Weaver - Brown UniversityVincent Mor - Brown University
- Publication Details
- Evaluation & the health professions, v 34(4), pp 464-486
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 23
- Grant note
- 1P01AG0 27296-01A1 / National Institute on Aging; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) P01AG027296 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) R24HD041020 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000298189400007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-83455163239
- Other Identifier
- 991021786463204721
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