Statistical Properties of Physician Surveys. Proxy Response and Survey Error: Additional Evidence from the 1988 Physicians' Practices Costs and Income Survey

摘要

The purpose of the project was twofold: To perform a systematic review of the 1988 Physicians' Practice Cost and Income Survey public use data tape and the accompanying public use code book; and to analyze the statistical properties of selected national physician surveys. The first analysis assessed the accuracy and usability of the data for the conduction of analyses. The latter analysis assessed specific characteristics of the 1988 PPCIS: (1) characteristics associated with whether a physician or nonphysician respondent provided practice cost data for the survey; and (2) the incremental costs associated with services which are provided in the office versus other practice settings.