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E-mail versus conventional postal mail survey of geriatric chiefs | Author(s) | Donna Brady Raziano, Ravishankar Jayadevappa, Duaré Valenzula |
Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 6, December 2001 |
Pages | pp 799-804 |
Keywords | Geriatricians ; Questionnaires ; Comparison ; Methodology. |
Annotation | The response time, response rate and cost of two types of survey administration techniques - e-mail or web-based, and conventional postal mail - were compared. The survey's main aim was to collect descriptive information on Acute Care for Elders (ACE) units and their characteristics, by surveying geriatric division chiefs. Two randomised cohorts each of 57 were formed to receive a survey either by electronic mail or by post. The aggregate response rate was 58% (31) for the e-mail group versus 77% (44) for the postal mail group. The average cost was lower for the e-mail group than the postal mail group. It appears that although the web-based technology is gaining popularity and leads to lower cost per response, the conventional postal method of surveying continues to deliver a better response rate among the geriatric division chiefs. The web-based approach holds promise, given its lower costs and acceptable response rate combined with the shorter response time. (KJ/RH). |
Accession Number | CPA-020130209 A |
Classmark | QT4: 3DA: 48: 3D |
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