The Results Are Only as Good as the Sample: Assessing Three National Physician Sampling Frames

Catherine M. DesRoches, Kirsten A. Barrett, Bonnie E. Harvey, Rachel Kogan, James D. Reschovsky, Bruce E. Landon, Lawrence P. Casalino, Stephen M. Shortell and Eugene C. Rich

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Abstract: Databases of practicing physicians are important for studies that require sampling physicians or counting the physician population in a given area. However, little is known about how the three main sampling frames differ from each other.

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