Improving health services Flashcards
What is qualitative research?
Collection and analysis of non numerical information
What is the difference in findings between qualitative and quantitive methods>?
Qual: Unique and insightful
Quan: Generalisable
What is a theme?
Recurrent and distinctive features of participants accounts which are relevant to the research question
When should qualitative methods be used with regards to the topic?
When the topic is: Concerned with interaction or process Complex Not quantifiable Sensitive
When should qualitative methods be used with regards to the research objective?
When the objective is to:
Understand how or why
Explore understudied areas
Learn about people
What is the value of qualitative research?
Enables understanding of patient choice
Enables exploration of factors affecting patient choice
What are the pros of qualitative research?
Robust methodologies
Unpredictable and insightful
Usually acquires results that would otherwise be unobtainable
What are the limits of qualitative research?
Sample selection based on certain experiences
Sample size small
Findings based on interpretations by the researcher
What is commissioning?
Process of ensuring that the health and care services provided effectively meet the needs of the population
What are the three steps of the commissioning cycle?
Planning
Procurement
Monitoring
What is a comorbidity?
Presence of one of more additional disorders co-occurring with a primary disease or disorder
What is a multi-morbidity?
Two or more medical conditions existing simultaneously regardless of their causal relationship
Community action can be grouped into what?
Geographical
Community of interest
