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Both primary and secondary data were gatheredfor the analysis. From a list of 55 standard metropolitanstatistical areas (SMSAs) in the UnitedStates that contained at least 15 general hospitals,we randomly selected 19 metropolitan areas. Then,in the fall of 1996, we sent questionnaires to thechief executive officer and the director of quality ateach of the 512 hospitals in these 19 SMSAs. Finally,we combined the survey data with secondaryinformation available for the responding hospitals.We received at least one questionnaire from eachof 193 hospitals, achieving an overall response rateof 38 percent. From 36 of these (19%), we receivedquestionnaires from both the CEO and the directorof quality; from 56 (29%), we only got back the CEOquestionnaire; and from 101 (52%), we only receivedthe questionnaire sent to the director ofquality. These responses resulted in a total of 229returned surveys and an individual response rate of22 percent.
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