Table 1 |
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Summary Table of Studies Reporting Return Rates. |
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| Author |
Country |
Needles Distributed |
Needles Returned |
Return Rate |
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| Alcabes et al. [28] |
Poland/Soviet Union |
1,576 |
670 |
43% |
| Barsdley et al. [40] |
Canada |
77,089 |
61,430 |
80% |
| Doherty et al. [5] |
United States |
70,574 |
68,376 |
97% |
| Donoghoe [41] |
United Kingdom |
52,535 |
42,864 |
82% |
| Grob [35] |
Switzerland |
10,244,369 |
9,219,932 |
90% |
| Gruer et al. [31] |
United Kingdom |
633,100 |
715,220 |
112% |
| Grund et al. [42] |
The Netherlands |
57,328 |
46,610 |
81% |
| Guydish et al. [24] |
United States |
4,239 |
2,593 |
61% |
| Hart et al. [43] |
United Kingdom |
107,400 |
82,931 |
77% |
| Hay & McKeganey [44] |
Scotland |
138,982 |
116,954 |
84% |
| Heimer et al. [36] |
United States |
80,300 |
56,210 |
70% |
| Honti & Ban [45] |
Hungary |
8,142 |
6,466 |
79% |
| Jacob & Stover [46] |
Germany |
21,150 |
20,907 |
99% |
| Kaplan et al. [29] |
United States |
30,429 |
30,429 |
100% |
| Keene & Stimson [47] |
United Kingdom |
78,813 |
63,228 |
80% |
| Ljunberg et al. [48] |
Sweden |
5,348 |
3,665 |
69% |
| Nigro et al. [30] |
Sicily |
376 |
56 |
15% |
| O'Keefe et al. [49] |
United States |
10,108 |
9,499 |
94% |
| Oliver* [33] |
United States |
100,000 |
102,000 |
102% |
| Paone et al. [50] |
United States |
20,083 |
13,646 |
68% |
| Quan et al. [51] |
Vietnam |
21,495 |
17,433 |
81% |
| Robles et al. [25] |
Puerto Rico |
146,323 |
58,529 |
40% |
| Sergeyev et al. [34] |
Russia |
31,020 |
31,764 |
102% |
| Stimson et al. [52] |
United Kingdom |
24,290 |
19,106 |
78% |
| Vlahov et al. [27] |
United States |
209 |
144 |
69% |
| Wolk et al. [32] |
Australia |
6,306 |
2,608 |
41% |
| Overall Results |
11,971,584 |
10,793,270 |
90% |
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