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Applying mixed methods research in evaluating clinical trials

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posted on 2023-05-17, 11:18 authored by Murphy, L, William Maguire

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on the decision process that the authors follow in applying mixed methods research to evaluate the benefits and costs of conducting sponsored clinical trials in a publicly funded New Zealand hospital.

Design/methodology/approach: A simultaneous parallel mixed method design was adopted. This design builds on a health outcomes study that involves a retrospective cohort study of changes in participants' health status and mortality rates. Although a team of medical researchers conducted that study (i.e. the current authors were not involved), it is one of the three strands of the current research as it forms the platform for the other two strands, namely the multiple stakeholder perception strand and the economic outcomes strand. In the multiple stakeholder perceptions strand, qualitative methods were used to explore the benefits and costs perceived by stakeholders. In the economic outcomes strand, quantitative methods were used to estimate the benefits and costs of clinical trials.

Findings: The economic outcomes strand and the multiple stakeholder perceptions strand are complementary. Each strand delivers dimensions to the analysis that are not apparent from the other.

Originality/value: The value of the paper lies in improved understanding of the process of mixed method research through communicating choices and decisions made in response to the challenges faced.

History

Publication title

Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management

Volume

8

Pagination

72-90

ISSN

1176-6093

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Emerald

Place of publication

Bingley, United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2011 Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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