Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Patient Care Information System Evaluation: Guidance for the Organizational Decision Maker

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 458-462

  Stoop, A P ^a   Berg, M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evaluation; Multi method approach; Patient care information system; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142059022     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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