Attachment F - IH Follow-up Letter

Attachment F – Follow-up Reminder Letter

Dear [Name],

Approximately three weeks ago we sent you a survey as part of a research study being conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to better understand how behavioral health concerns such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse are addressed and managed in primary care settings with at most 10 primary care providers (PCPs).

We know your time is valuable. We kept this survey short so it will take just a few minutes to complete the survey and mail it back in the postage-paid envelope.

Included is another copy of that survey for your convenience. If you have recently completed and mailed the earlier survey we sent, we thank you very much for your help and do not need you to complete this survey again. If you have not completed and returned the survey please know that as a PCP your input will be incredibly important to represents all PCPs in similar settings and will serve to improve how behavioral health concerns are managed.

Please be assured that your responses will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law, including AHRQ’s confidentiality statute, 42 USC 299c-3(c). That law requires that information collected for research conducted or supported by AHRQ that identifies individuals or establishments be used only for the purpose for which it was supplied unless you consent to the use of the information for another purpose. Westat, a private research firm, is conducting this study for us and will adhere to rigorous data security procedures. If you have any questions, please call [phone number].

We greatly appreciate your valuable contribution to this important study.

Sincerely,

July 20, 2012 – Attachment F – Follow-up Reminder Letter

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