Reported response rates to mailed physician questionnaires.

By S. Cummings, L. Savitz, T. R. Konrad. Health Services Research, 2001

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Physician empathy: definition, components, measurement, and relationship to gender and specialty. (2002, result): “The response rate achieved in this study (70%) is considerably higher than the typical rate of 52% reported for mailed surveys to physicians (38).”
Methodologies for Improving Response Rates in Surveys of Physicians (2007, background): “Design-based approaches have also been shown to increase physician cooperation (Cummings et al., 2001).”
Exploring physician specialist response rates to web-based surveys (2015, background): “Survey response rates have also in general been on the decline for the past decade in the field of health related research [1,6-8].”
Response Rates In Hospitality Research: An Overview of Current Practice and Suggestions For Future Research (2020, background): “Cummings et al. (2001) argued that despite the extensive literature on the subject, no “golden rule” or “rule of thumb” determines an acceptable response rate.”