title: Effects of a small monetary incentive and follow-up mailings on return rates of a survey to nurse practitioners.
abstract: The purpose was to examine the effectiveness of a modest monetary incentive ($1) and none in increasing the response rate of a mail survey to 600 nurse practitioners. The response rate in the incentive group was 81% and 66% in the control group, significant by chi-square test. The most cost effective survey technique for increasing the response rate of nurse practitioners was to code the envelopes and eliminate the monetary incentive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion, University of Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oden
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy