Physician list received from CT-DPH | 18 642 | |
Duplicates in the list | 2056 | |
Triplicates in the list | 100 | |
Quadruplicates in the list | 12 | |
Quintuplicates in the list | 12 | |
Unduplicated Physician list | 16 462 | |
Responses to the Physician postcard |
No response | 12 358 | 75.1 |
Postcard returned because of invalid address | 999 | 6.1 |
Postcard returned completed | 3105 | 18.9 |
Physicians excluded because of death, retirement, etc |
Died | 44 | 0.3 |
Retired | 233 | 1.4 |
No Longer practises in CT | 5828 | 35.4 |
Postcard returned: unknown if physician practises in CT | 30 | 0.2 |
Target population after exclusions | 10 327 | |
Adjusted postcard response rate based on target population | | 30.1 |
Physicians receiving full survey | | |
Refused to participate in the survey | 91 | |
Postcard returned; no preferred survey method specified; unable to contact physician to get a preferred method | 9 | |
Physician practices in CT; survey sent | 2159 | |
Response rate for survey | 898 | 41.6 |