By the end of April 2007, 83 survey respondents had indicated their availability for a telephone interview.
Eligible participants also provided online their availabilities for a telephone interview.
From the results in Table 9 it is seen that the combined education enrolment elasticity coefficient is 0.91, implying that for a 1% increase in combined education enrolment, the availability of telephone mainlines on average increases by about 0.91%.
These dates were selected as a convenience sample based upon having received necessary IRB approvals and having the availability of telephone survey capacity by our telephone surveying partners.
This opinion poll among patients, referring colleagues and personnel revealed the following problems: 1) Patients as well as referring doctors pointed out deficits of telephone availability for appointments.
After enrollment, children were prospectively followed for 6 months, with monthly telephone contact, and availability for evaluation 5 days per week by study pediatricians (MBA and RAW) if AOM was suspected.
Additional eligibility criteria included the availability of a Spanish-speaking (phase II only) or English-speaking biological mother for telephone interview, and the absence of Down's syndrome.
Several non-significant trends supported the idea that poor accessibility and availability during day time were associated with higher use of out-of-hours care, such as longer waiting times for non-urgent appointments, lower availability of a telephone consulting hour, lower availability for appointments after 5 p.m., and less frequent holiday openings.
Several other aspects of practice management showed some non-significant trends: high utilising general practices tended to have longer waiting times for non-urgent appointments, lower availability of a telephone consulting hour, lower availability for consultations after 5 p.m., and less frequent holiday openings.
Keep change for telephone.
