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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2001. CBMS 2001. Proceedings. 14th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1004-3
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2001.941730
