The impact of a promised financial incentive on response to a postal survey sent to Australian general practitioners: Dataset

This data were collected from a randomised sample of 964 Australian general practitioners, with the aim of examining the impact a small financial incentive has on response rate and speed of the sample to a cross-sectional postal survey. Attached data includes; condition, ARIA status, survey sent date, survey return date. The response rate was calculated from the survey sent and return dates. ARIA status measures the remoteness of responders using a calculation of road networks. This research was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council via a Dementia Research Team grant (APP1095078). Mariko Carey is supported by a NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship (APP1136168). This research was also supported by infrastructure funding from the Hunter Medical Research Institute. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.