Cleaning physician list
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |