title: The LINKIN Health Census process: design and implementation.
abstract: This paper describes the first phase of the LINKIN Health Study, which aims to evaluate health system functioning within a rural population. Locally relevant data on the health status and service usage of this population, including non-users and users, health service providers traditionally omitted from health services research, and multiple socio-economic indicators, was collected using a self-complete health census. Household response was 75% (N = 4425). Response was greater when face-to-face contact was made at delivery compared to when questionnaires were left in the letterbox (89% vs 64%), falling to 26% when no face-to-face contact was made at either delivery or collection.
authors.affiliation: School of Population Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Elizabeth.Hoon@adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: Catherine Elizabeth
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hoon-Leahy
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newbury
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitson
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whitford
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karnon
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamrozik
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beilby
mesh_terms: D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013021:South Australia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires