What factors facilitate a GP survey high response rate?

Copyright © 2005 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Copyright to Australian Family Physician. Reproduced with permission. Permission to reproduce must be sought from the publisher, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.General practitioners are inundated with surveys seeking information about their beliefs and practices by a range of health researchers, policy makers and marketers. Their time for these surveys is often unpaid, or under-rewarded, or impinges on other responsibilities. If response rates are too low – something all too common – results are impossible or difficult to interpret.J. Fielding, H. Clothier, N. Stocks N and H. Kell