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. 2015 Dec 8;13:291. doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0527-9

Table 1.

Classification of questionnaire items according to dependency on health care experience (HCE)

Type of item Source HCE dependent Not HCE dependent
Question items Closed-ended questions History of chronic illness Symptoms
Interaction with health services Risk behaviors
Text items Open-ended narrative Text