Mixed-method analyses integrating quantitative, qualitative, and drug level data will also provide insight into low adherence, discrepancy between self-report and drug level data, and variations across sites.
We determined how many qualitative studies were published and in which journals, and extracted design methods and healthcare content, and how often studies used mixed methods and analyses.
Most research projects used mixed methods, incorporating analyses of qualitative data (interviews and focus groups), secondary data, and key policy and program documents.
Second, we performed mixed methods data analyses in order to a) seek convergence and corroboration of results from the different methods and b) achieve complementarity where the interview results enhanced and clarified the survey results [ 42].
Contrary to repeated measures analysis of variance, mixed model methods analyse all available data without any data loss [ 31].
This paper discusses the development of a mixed methods approach to analyse research funding.
It is to show how, in the context of the research programme that has given rise to this supplement, we implemented a mixed methods approach to analyse the public policies of healthcare fee exemptions in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and what we have learnt from it.
The purpose of the current mixed methods study was to analyse final practice visit reports for primary care family practitioners, to explore practice issues that were identified and the recommended changes.
We identified and analysed health RCS evaluation frameworks published by seven funding agencies between 2004 and 2012, using a mixed methods approach involving structured qualitative analyses of documents, a stakeholder survey and consultations with key contacts in health RCS funding agencies.
The most widely accepted definition of mixed methods research is the "collecting, analysing, and mixing (of) both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study or a series of studies" [ 27].
