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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Methodologically sound mixed methods research can improve our understanding of health services by providing a more comprehensive picture of health services than either method can alone. This study describes the frequency of mixed methods in published health services research and compares the presence of methodological components indicative of rigorous approaches across mixed methods, qualitative, and quantitative articles.

Data sources

All empirical articles (n = 1,651) published between 2003 and 2007 from four top-ranked health services journals.

Study design

All mixed methods articles (n = 47) and random samples of qualitative and quantitative articles were evaluated to identify reporting of key components indicating rigor for each method, based on accept

SUBMITTER: Wisdom JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3419885 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature