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Table 2 Response Rates (N = 8477)

From: Does an offer for a free on-line continuing medical education (CME) activity increase physician survey response rate? A randomized trial

 

All

CME offer (n = 4245)

No CME offer (n = 4232)

P-value

  

%

%

 

Overall

14.3

12.0

16.6

< .0001

Specialty

    

   Family medicine

16.7

14.2

19.1

.0007

   Internal medicine

13.9

12.4

15.5

.013

   Cardiology

12.7

9.9

15.5

< .0001

Region of country

    

   Northeast

14.4

12.7

16.1

.03

   South

14.1

12.0

16.1

.001

   Midwest

15.2

12.7

17.6

.003

   West

13.7

10.6

16.8

.0002