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Clinical Practice Intensity: Comparing Veterans Affairs (VA) to Private Sector Physicians

NCT00853918 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2017-10-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a national physician mail survey examining primary care practice patterns. The experimental component of the study (the clinical trial) is a randomized trial of different monetary incentive forms and amounts for physicians invited to participate in the study. Only non-VA physicians will be included in this part of the study. (VA physicians are not allowed to receive monetary incentives.) Physicians will be randomized to receive one of four incentives. The main outcome measure is the response rate.

Conditions

  • Physician Survey Response Rates

Interventions

OTHER

$20 cash

$20 cash incentive mailed with survey

OTHER

$50 cash

$50 cash incentive mailed with survey

OTHER

$50 check

$50 check incentive mailed with survey

OTHER

$100 check

$100 check incentive mailed with survey

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center

    collaborator FED

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Brenda E Sirovich, MD MS · White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-01
Primary Completion
2010-06-01
Completion
2010-12-01

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