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The validity of self-reported health-care utilization by AIDS patients

AIDSPublished 1 June 1996
Joel S. Weissman, Kimberly Levin, Scott Chasan-Taber, Michael P. Massagli, George R. Seage, Loraine Scampini
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TL;DR

Self-reports of utilization by AIDS patients with a recall period of 4 months or less provide, on average, valid data for analytic purposes, however, caution should be applied to reports by high or low users or by respondents judged by interviewers to have major recall problems.

Abstract

Self-reports of utilization by AIDS patients with a recall period of 4 months or less provide, on average, valid data for analytic purposes. However, caution should be applied to reports by high or low users or by respondents judged by interviewers to have major recall problems.

Keywords

Economics, Econometrics and Finance