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Article: Enhancing the Quality of Case Studies in Health Services Research.
- Article from:
- Health Services Research
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
- Author:
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Objective. To provide guidance on improving the quality of case studies in health services research.
Data Sources. Secondary data, drawing from previous case study research.
Research Design. Guidance is provided to two audiences: potential case study investigators (eight items) and reviewers of case study proposals (four additional items).
Principal Findings. The guidance demonstrates that many operational steps can be undertaken to improve the quality of case studies. These steps have been a hallmark of high-quality case studies in related fields but have not necessarily been practiced in health services research.
Conclusions. Given ...