The appropriate uses of qualitative methods in health economics

Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 345-353

  Coast, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Methodology; Ontology; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0032765130     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199906)8:4<345::AID-HEC432>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Review

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