PURPOSE The advent of Web-based survey tools has provided the investigator with an
alternative to paper-based survey methods that in many instances may be less expensive to …

Background Survey research in healthcare is an important tool to collect information about
healthcare delivery, service use and overall issues relating to quality of care. Unfortunately …

Background Previous research has found that a “web-push” approach to data collection,
which involves contacting people by mail to request an Internet survey response while …

Background Achieving a high response rate for physicians has been challenging, and with
response rates declining in recent years, innovative methods are needed to increase rates …

Objectives To systematically review the literature and compare response rates (RRs) of web
surveys to alternative data collection methods in the context of epidemiologic and public …

PURPOSE We wanted to describe the potential benefits and problems associated with
selected electronic methods of collecting data within practice-based research networks …

Rationale A multidisciplinary primary care clinic in Sydney, Australia, was planning to use
electronic questionnaires to measure patient‐reported outcomes. Methods Semi‐structured …

Poor response rate, self-selection bias, and item noncompletion negatively impact the
generalization of results from surveys. This study examined differences in these factors …

Abstract Background The Internet has been increasingly utilized in biomedical research.
From online searching for literature to data sharing, the Internet has emerged as a primary …

OBJECTIVE: To assess and to evaluate possible effects arising from Web-based data
collection on the results of a study. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We analyzed …