Research Methods in Health / Investigating Health and Health Services
- 2nd
- Open University Press, 2006
- 492
This text is aimed at students and researchers of health and health services. Preface, Acknowledgements, Investigating Health Services and Health: The Scope of Research, Evaluating Health Services: Multidisciplinary Collaboration, Social Research on Health: Sociological and Psychological Concepts and Approaches, Health Needs and Their Assessment: Demography and Epidemiology, Costing Health Services: Health Economies, The Philosophy and Theory and Practice of Research, The Philosophical Framework of Measurement, The Principles of Research, Quantitative Research: Sampling and Research Methods, Sample Size and Sampling and Research Methods, Quantitative Research: Surveys, The Tools of Quantitative Research, Questionnaire Design, Techniques of Survey Interviewing, Qualitative and Combined Methods and Their Analysis, Glossary, References, Index.