A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Discharged Residents Telephone Survey Data Collection and Sampling Report

The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) conducted the Discharged Residents Survey for ASPE through a subcontract with Myers Research Institute (MRI). The survey was administered during June and July 1999. This report documents the data collection activities undertaken by RTI for the survey. It describes procedures the authors used to identify and locate discharged residents, train staff, conduct and monitor data collection, and prepare the data file. It also includes a report on response rates and non-response weight adjustment calculations. [57 PDF pages]