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Title |
A mixed methods contribution to the study of health public policies: complementarities and difficulties
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, November 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-15-s3-s7 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Valéry Ridde, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan |
Abstract |
The use of mixed methods (combining quantitative and qualitative data) is developing in a variety of forms, especially in the health field. Our own research has adopted this perspective from the outset. We have sought all along to innovate in various ways and especially to develop an equal partnership, in the sense of not allowing any single approach to dominate. After briefly describing mixed methods, in this article we explain and illustrate how we have exploited both qualitative and quantitative methods to answer our research questions, ending with a reflective analysis of our experiment. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 2 | 14% |
United States | 1 | 7% |
France | 1 | 7% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
Senegal | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 8 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 9 | 64% |
Scientists | 4 | 29% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Rwanda | 1 | 1% |
Brazil | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 72 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 18% |
Student > Master | 13 | 18% |
Researcher | 11 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
Librarian | 4 | 5% |
Other | 12 | 16% |
Unknown | 16 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Social Sciences | 19 | 26% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 8% |
Psychology | 3 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
Other | 12 | 16% |
Unknown | 15 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 January 2018.
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#4,533,549
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Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#2,064
of 8,604 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#57,461
of 293,088 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#22
of 128 outputs
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