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BMC Health Services Research
Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2012

Open Access 01-12-2012 | Correspondence

The LINKIN Health Census process: design and implementation

Authors: Catherine Elizabeth Hoon-Leahy, Jonathan Newbury, Alison Kitson, Deirdre Whitford, Anne Wilson, Jonathan Karnon, Jenny Baker, Konrad Jamrozik, Justin Beilby

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2012

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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.
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Metadata
Title
The LINKIN Health Census process: design and implementation
Authors
Catherine Elizabeth Hoon-Leahy
Jonathan Newbury
Alison Kitson
Deirdre Whitford
Anne Wilson
Jonathan Karnon
Jenny Baker
Konrad Jamrozik
Justin Beilby
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-321

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