International Questionnaire Postal Response Rate: An experiment comparing no return postage to provision of International Postage Vouchers – "Coupon-Réponse International"

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• Alternative Title:
  BMC Health Serv Res
• Personal Author:
  Carling, Cheryl
• Description:
  Background
  
  Previous studies of methods to increase response rates on international postal surveys did not include providing return postage. We provided International Postage Vouchers – "Coupon-Réponse International" to cover this. The objective of this study was to see if these International Postage Vouchers had an effect on response rates.
  
  Methods
  
  Between-groups, randomized, after-only
  
  Results
  
  There was no difference in response rates between the group that received International Postage Vouchers and the group that did not. (p = 0.23)
  
  Conclusion
  
  International Postage Vouchers – "Coupon-Réponse International" have no effect on response rates for international postal surveys.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Communication Barriers Consumer Satisfaction Electronic Mail Humans Information Dissemination Internationality Internet Journalism, Medical Motivation Postal Service Questionnaires

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• Source:
  BMC Health Serv Res. 4:16.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Norway
• Volume:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30b53ae075dde4b101b930a31ff119c6eb2e28070fc9af49d68d2ea0adbaa09ab5d2914c6cb7ea737fc455f9512717b3ab8a8ab465ab5c53f8a29159f5b546cb
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