Research Methods in Health

Section I Investigating health services and health: the scope of research1 Evaluating health services: multidisciplinary collaboration2 Social research on health: sociological and psychological concepts and approaches3 Quality of life: concepts, measurements and patient perception4 Health needs and their assessment: demography and epidemiology5 Costing health services: health economics>Section II The philosophy, theory and practice of research6 The philosophical framework of measurement7 The principles of research>Section III Quantitative research: sampling and research methods8 Sample size and sampling for quantitative and qualitative research9 Quantitative research: surveys10 Quantitative research: experiments and other analytic methods of investigation11 Sample selection and group assignment methods in experiments and other analytic methods>Section IV The tools of quantitative research12 Data collection methods in quantitative research: questionnaires, interviews and their response rates13 Questionnaire design14 Techniques of survey interviewing15 Preparation of quantitative data for coding and analysis>Section V Qualitative and mixed research methods16 Unstructured and structured observational studies17 Unstructured interviewing18 Focus groups19 Mixed research approaches