In 2001 the first wave of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, Australia’s first ever large-scale household panel survey, was conducted. This paper presents an introduction to this survey. It provides a summary of the design and the process by which the sample was selected, the type of information being collected, and the procedures employed for data collection...

Even though the proportion of individuals who are not equipped to participate in online surveys is constantly decreasing, many face an under-representation do feel IT literate enough participate. Using experimental data from a probability-based panel, we study which recruitment survey mode strategy performs best recruiting less IT-literate persons for panel. The sampled received postal invitati...

Introduction Direct primary care (DPC), a fee for membership type of practice, is an evolving innovative primary care delivery model. Little is known about current membership fees, insurance billing status, physician training, and patient panel size in DPC practices. This study aimed to obtain current data for these variables, as well as additional demographic and financial indicators, and rela...