DocumentCode
3353804
Title
Searching for missing participants in long term studies
Author
Peterson, Margaret G E ; Augurt, Antonia ; Paget, Stephen A.
Author_Institution
Hospital for Special Surg., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
259
Lastpage
263
Abstract
After a study is concluded, it is often desirable to contact the participants again for a follow-up. Rarely are these follow-ups planned or funded at the time of the original study. Especially in the new climate of medical care, it can be difficult to contact many study participants. We discuss some of the difficulties of tracing former study subjects and list Web sites which we have found useful
Keywords
health care; information resources; medical administrative data processing; patient care; World Wide Web sites; follow-up studies; former study subject tracing; long-term clinical studies; medical care; missing participants; study participant contact; Back; Data security; Databases; Heart; Hospitals; Postal services; Surgery; Telephony; Uninterruptible power systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2001. CBMS 2001. Proceedings. 14th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Bethesda, MD
ISSN
1063-7125
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1004-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CBMS.2001.941730
Filename
941730
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