Armstrong D, Ashworth M
Department of General Practice, King's College London.
Br J Gen Pract. 2000 Jun;50(455):479-80.
This paper investigates whether general practitioners (GPs) who do not participate in questionnaire surveys (non-responders) hold different views on participation in primary care reorganisation than their more compliant colleagues. A survey of 72 GPs' involvement in a pilot primary care prescribing group elicited an initial response of 74%. Non-responders were then approached personally and persuaded to complete the questionnaire. Comparison of the responders and the non-responders showed that the latter did differ significantly from the responders in many of their views. This difference needs to be considered whenever the results of surveys are used to guide policy-making in the more corporate model of primary care that is now emerging.
本文调查了不参与问卷调查的全科医生(未回应者)对于参与基层医疗重组是否持有与更配合的同事不同的观点。一项关于72名全科医生参与基层医疗处方试点小组情况的调查,最初得到了74%的回应率。随后,研究人员亲自联系未回应者并说服他们完成问卷。对回应者和未回应者的比较表明,后者在许多观点上确实与回应者存在显著差异。在利用调查结果为当前正在出现的更具团体性质的基层医疗模式制定政策时,需要考虑到这种差异。