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. 2020 Jul;35(7):2217-2218.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05677-6. Epub 2020 Jan 31.

Income Disparities and Nonresponse Bias in Surveys of Patient Experience

Brian W Roberts  1 , Jady Yao  2 , Christian J Trzeciak  2 , Louis S Bezich  2 , Anthony Mazzarelli  2 , Stephen Trzeciak  2
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Income Disparities and Nonresponse Bias in Surveys of Patient Experience

Brian W Roberts et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul.
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Figure 1
Survey response rate and median annual household income for 21 different municipalities. The size of the data points represents the number (N) of surveys sent. Dotted line represents the fitted regression line and the shaded area represents 95% confidence intervals. USD, United States dollars.
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