The Value of Qualitative Description in Health Services and Policy Research

Health services and policy (HSP) researchers have long used qualitative research methodologies to explore health system issues. However, the appropriateness of one approach, qualitative description, for HSP research is still often overlooked. In this article, I discuss the role that qualitative desc...

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Autor principal: Chafe, Roger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Longwoods Publishing 2017
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Discussion and Debate
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28277201
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description Health services and policy (HSP) researchers have long used qualitative research methodologies to explore health system issues. However, the appropriateness of one approach, qualitative description, for HSP research is still often overlooked. In this article, I discuss the role that qualitative description can play in HSP research, and argue for its greater acceptance as a valid form of academic scholarship.
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spelling pubmed-53443602018-02-01 The Value of Qualitative Description in Health Services and Policy Research Chafe, Roger Healthc Policy Discussion and Debate Health services and policy (HSP) researchers have long used qualitative research methodologies to explore health system issues. However, the appropriateness of one approach, qualitative description, for HSP research is still often overlooked. In this article, I discuss the role that qualitative description can play in HSP research, and argue for its greater acceptance as a valid form of academic scholarship. Longwoods Publishing 2017-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5344360/ /pubmed/28277201 Text en Copyright © 2017 Longwoods Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 License, which permits rights to copy and redistribute the work for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is given proper attribution.
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