A Study of the Impact of the Use of General Practice Computer Systems on the Ordering of Pathology, Year Ending December 2001
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F. Respondent Load
F1 Respondent load
On average, how long will a respondent be expected to spend in completing each questionnaire? How has this estimate been derived? Will the time taken by respondents to complete the survey be recorded? (F1)
Note. Mail-based surveys should include a 'time taken to complete questionnaire' question. For telephone interviews this 'time taken' information should be recorded.
The time taken to complete is five to ten minutes.
This has been arrived at through pilots with 7 volunteer respondents who are doctors. Michael – What number and technique?
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F2 Reduction in respondent load
What steps have been taken to reduce the burden on small businesses, eg use of a reduced questionnaire? (F2)
The overall size of the questionnaire has been limited to less than four pages.
Simplified scales allowing graphic responses and check boxes have been employed.
Only classification data pertinent to the study at hand have been included.
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F3 Confidentiality
What commitments have been made to preserve the confidentiality of respondents? How will these be implemented? (F3)
The following impinge in the conduct of the study:
Market Research Society of Australia Code of Professional Conduct
Recent federal Privacy legislation
Secrecy provisions of the Health Insurance Act (1973)
Accordingly a number of specific steps will be implemented to insure confidentiality.
All questionnaires will be coded and destroyed within 48 hours of completion of data edits by IRIS Research
No identification aside from the Medicare provider number will be retained for any respondent
Random, numeric case identifiers that are not related to the identity of the respondent will be attached to all records.
The case identifiers, consent forms and Medicare Provider numbers of those respondents who give consent to release their Medicare utilisation data will be supplied to the Health Insurance Commission.
The Health Insurance Commission will provide data identified by Case Identifier only.
Within 48 hours of confirmed delivery of the appropriate data from the Health Insurance Commission, all records that link random numeric identifiers to provider number will be destroyed.
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