As these two phenomena are the two components of consumer lock-in, omitting one of them likely results in biased estimates of the second, limiting applicability to policy relevant questions.
In contrast, qualitative research in public health is often more applied, and concerned with solutions to problems, evaluation, and policy relevant questions to assist management decisions [ 37].
Applied qualitative research studies on adherence, conducted with a priori policy relevant questions in mind, were more likely to use a deductive approach.
Policy relevant questions were thus based on the scope of prior guidelines, working knowledge of topic areas and observed local clinical practice, discussions with a small number of key-informants in government and a priori considerations of what might be feasible.
How best to optimize the biodiversity gain from agri-environment schemes (AES) has recently been identified as a key policy-relevant question.
The most important policy-relevant question is how LRT of air pollution affects the air quality at a specified receptor point or area.
However, as several other countries have developed programs over the past decade, we think this is an interesting and policy-relevant question for future research.
Given the emerging evidence demonstrating the benefits of food assistance on ART adherence [ 13, 14, 16], we determined that the most policy-relevant question was whether NAC plus cash assistance was at least as effective as NAC plus food assistance.
While more research might be a good thing, such a suggestion provides no guidance on how to address the more policy-relevant question of how to make decisions with ambiguous scientific information.
The main policy-relevant question can be stated as: Is it possible to improve the effectiveness of hip fracture treatment by regulating the minimum volume for the treatment units?
