articleJournal of Health Services Research & PolicyApr 1, 2008Closed access

The Quality of Mixed Methods Studies in Health Services Research

AOAlicia O’CathainEMElizabeth MurphyJNJon Nicholl

University of Sheffield · University of Nottingham

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Abstract

Objectives

To assess the quality of mixed methods studies in health services research (HSR).

Methods

We identified 118 mixed methods studies funded by the Department of Health in England between 1994 and 2004, and obtained proposals and/or final reports for 75. We applied a set of quality questions to both the proposal and report of each study, addressing the success of the study, the mixed methods design, the individual qualitative and quantitative components, the integration between methods and the inferences drawn from completed studies.

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1,800
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100%
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Topics
Keywords
  • Multimethodology
  • Transparency (behavior)
  • Research design
  • Qualitative research
  • Context (archaeology)
  • Quality (philosophy)
  • Qualitative property
  • Data collection
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