Methodological reporting in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods health services research articles

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 721-745

  Wisdom, Jennifer P ^a   Cavaleri, Mary A ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b   Green, Carla A ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; mixed methods; qualitative methods; research methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84858340512     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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