What's in a name generator? Choosing the right name generators for social network surveys in healthcare quality and safety research

Ronald S Burt; David O Meltzer; Michael Seid; Amy Borgert; Jeanette W Chung; Richard B Colletti; George Dellal; Stacy A Kahn; Heather C Kaplan; Laura E Peterson; Peter Margolis

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000521

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What's in a name generator? Choosing the right name generators for social network surveys in healthcare quality and safety research

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Ronald S Burt Booth Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David O Meltzer Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Seid James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amy Borgert James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeanette W Chung Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard B Colletti Department of Pediatrics, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
George Dellal James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stacy A Kahn Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Heather C Kaplan Perinatal Institute and Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laura E Peterson Health Care Consultant, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Margolis James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr David O Meltzer, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5000, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; dmeltzer{at}medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

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Burt RS, Meltzer DO, Seid M, et al

What's in a name generator? Choosing the right name generators for social network surveys in healthcare quality and safety research

BMJ Quality & Safety 2012;21:992-1000.

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Accepted July 10, 2012
First published September 1, 2012.

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November 02, 2016

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