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| The validity of self-reports of physician use among the older population | | Author(s) | Mark F Schmitz, Daniel W Russell, Carolyn E Cutrona |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 21, no 2, June 2002 |
| Pages | pp 203-219 |
| Keywords | Health services ; Usage [services] ; Surgery visits ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data were taken from a sample of 215 healthy, community-dwelling older Americans. Participants were interviewed in person three times at 6-monthly intervals, and also completed brief postal questionnaires each month between interviews. Analyses indicated those respondents reporting more physician visits were significantly less likely to report the same number of visits as the doctors reported and were more likely to under-report than over-report the number of visits. Implications of recall period length on the validity of these reports are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020621205 A |
| Classmark | L: QLD: L5B: 3J: 7T |
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