Ethnographic process evaluation in primary care: Explaining the complexity of implementation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bunce, Arwen E ^a   Gold, Rachel ^a,b   Davis, James V ^a   McMullen, Carmit K ^a   Jaworski, Victoria ^c   Mercer, MaryBeth ^d   Nelson, Christine ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OCHIN Inc   (United States)

^c MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d Health Advocacy Solutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical informatics; Ethnography; Mixed methods; Primary care; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84988603136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0607-0     Document Type: Review

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