RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multipractice studies: significance of the information given to participating doctors
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 283
OP 284
VO 30
IS 214
A1 Carl Erik Mabeck
A1 René Vejlsgaard
YR 1980
UL http://bjgp.org/content/30/214/283.abstract
AB A total of 1,176 general practitioners were asked to take part in a multipractice study. One group of 568 practitioners was given very detailed information about the study and 19·7 per cent agreed to take part. The remaining 605 practitioners were given only a brief introduction to the study. Of this group 33·4 per cent agreed to take part. Two thirds of the doctors participating in the trial were sent weekly reminders about the study while the remaining third were not. We found that the reminders did not affect the number of patients registered by the practitioners.