Skip to main content

Table 6 Sampling and recruitment procedures with response rates per country

From: Process quality indicators in family medicine: results of an international comparison

Country

Sampling procedurea

Recruitment methods

FPs invited

FPs participated

Response rate

Europe

Austria

B

E-mail, personal contact

3050

173

6%

Belgium

B

Letter, telephone, e-mail

5000

382

8%

Bulgaria

B

Telephone, face-to-face

350

209

60%

Cyprus

A

Letter, telephone

90

67

74%

Czech Republic

B

Letter, telephone, personal contact

520

205

39%

Denmark

B

E-mail

2000

199

10%

England

C

Letter, e-mail

1508

160

11%

Estonia

A

Letter, telephone, e-mail

802

121

15%

Finland

D

Letter, e-mail, telephone, personal contact

1000

270

27%

Germany

B

Letter

3825

223

6%

Greece

D

Telephone, letter

300

206

69%

Hungary

B

E-mail and personal contact

400

209

52%

Iceland

A

Letter and personal contact

95

75

79%

Ireland

D

Letter, e-mail, personal contact, advertisement

2515

158

6%

Italy

E

Telephone

Not known

204

Not known

Latvia

B

Telephone, e-mail

545

205

38%

Lithuania

B

Personal contact, telephone

508

211

42%

Luxembourg

A

Telephone

120

73

61%

Macedonia

B

Letter, e-mail

240

134

56%

Malta

B

Telephone

78

65

83%

Netherlands

B

Letter, e-mail, telephone

1400

224

16%

Norway

E

Letters, telephone, conferences

500

185

37%

Poland

C

Letter, telephone, e-mail

665

206

31%

Portugal

B

Letter, e-mail, telephone

800

203

25%

Romania

B

Letter, telephone, e-mail, personal contact

399

206

52%

Spain

C

E-mail, telephone

500

402

80%

Slovakia

B

Letter, telephone, personal contact

1000

206

21%

Slovenia

B

Letter, telephone, e-mail

1173

194

17%

Sweden

B

Letter

1000

91

9%

Switzerland

B

Letter, telephone

2027

186

9%

Turkey

C

Letter and personal contact

1300

281

22%

Non-European

Australia

D

Letter

3201

142

4%

Canada

B

Letter, e-mail, telephone

23,671

502

2%

New Zealand

B

Letter

1371

157

11%

  1. Notes: aSampling procedures codes: A) almost entire FP population; B) random national sample (stratified or not); C) random sample in pre-selected regions; D) mixed procedure (random procedure plus selected FPs); E) opportunity sampling and volunteers