TY - JOUR
T1 - The LINKIN Health Census process: design and implementation
AU - Hoon, Elizabeth
AU - Newbury, Jonathan
AU - Kitson, Alison
AU - Whitford, Dierdre
AU - Wilson, Anne
AU - Karnon, Jonathan
AU - Baker, Jenny
AU - Jamrozik, Konrad
AU - Beilby, Justin
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper describes the first phase of the LINKIN Health Study, which aims to evaluate health system functioning within a rural population. Locally relevant data on the health status and service usage of this population, including non-users and users, health service providers traditionally omitted from health services research, and multiple socio-economic indicators, was collected using a self-complete health census. Household response was 75% (N = 4425). Response was greater when face-to-face contact was made at delivery compared to when questionnaires were left in the letterbox (89% vs 64%), falling to 26% when no face-to-face contact was made at either delivery or collection.
AB - This paper describes the first phase of the LINKIN Health Study, which aims to evaluate health system functioning within a rural population. Locally relevant data on the health status and service usage of this population, including non-users and users, health service providers traditionally omitted from health services research, and multiple socio-economic indicators, was collected using a self-complete health census. Household response was 75% (N = 4425). Response was greater when face-to-face contact was made at delivery compared to when questionnaires were left in the letterbox (89% vs 64%), falling to 26% when no face-to-face contact was made at either delivery or collection.
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U2 - 10.1186/1472-6963-12-321
DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-12-321
M3 - Article
SN - 1472-6963
VL - 12
SP - 321
JO - BMC Health Services Research
JF - BMC Health Services Research
IS - 321
M1 - 321
ER -
