The problem of appraising qualitative research

M Dixon-Woods; R L Shaw; S Agarwal; J A Smith

doi:10.1136/qshc.2003.008714

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Jun 2004	211	189	140
Jul 2004	126	227	95
Aug 2004	113	156	52
Sep 2004	71	80	13
Oct 2004	50	100	37
Nov 2004	39	71	22
Dec 2004	27	74	16
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Feb 2005	26	129	40
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May 2005	28	103	37
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Aug 2005	22	64	53
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Oct 2005	40	88	64
Nov 2005	45	83	65
Dec 2005	27	63	31
Jan 2006	32	94	58
Feb 2006	32	54	36
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Apr 2006	55	67	50
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Oct 2006	58	133	152
Nov 2006	60	195	219
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Apr 2007	132	37	74
May 2007	107	77	60
Jun 2007	82	52	50
Jul 2007	68	56	54
Aug 2007	66	30	45
Sep 2007	63	34	66
Oct 2007	108	67	64
Nov 2007	85	39	72
Dec 2007	70	27	40
Jan 2008	74	35	53
Feb 2008	100	19	46
Mar 2008	135	28	76
Apr 2008	130	48	87
May 2008	61	29	34
Jun 2008	72	27	33
Jul 2008	49	14	36
Aug 2008	69	17	32
Sep 2008	106	25	45
Oct 2008	113	22	52
Nov 2008	121	32	79
Dec 2008	118	22	51
Jan 2009	106	30	45
Feb 2009	124	16	49
Mar 2009	160	33	64
Apr 2009	108	29	64
May 2009	119	20	74
Jun 2009	92	17	51
Jul 2009	101	14	39
Aug 2009	140	15	50
Sep 2009	138	22	68
Oct 2009	150	30	86
Nov 2009	75	11	38
Dec 2009	36	9	16
Jan 2010	186	62	93
Feb 2010	87	56	55
Mar 2010	185	56	87
Apr 2010	181	66	105
May 2010	159	49	98
Jun 2010	98	40	56
Jul 2010	100	25	37
Aug 2010	134	35	42
Sep 2010	125	47	68
Oct 2010	208	74	107
Nov 2010	216	70	106
Dec 2010	155	21	72
Jan 2011	67	33	46
Feb 2011	62	51	50
Mar 2011	129	54	68
Apr 2011	112	28	57
May 2011	127	17	91
Jun 2011	93	16	37
Jul 2011	52	11	31
Aug 2011	59	15	23
Sep 2011	114	28	53
Oct 2011	147	26	57
Nov 2011	138	49	84
Dec 2011	76	47	54
Jan 2012	128	61	83
Feb 2012	104	40	56
Mar 2012	133	47	74
Apr 2012	97	69	55
May 2012	103	84	148
Jun 2012	89	51	49
Jul 2012	131	51	65
Aug 2012	101	34	49
Sep 2012	110	65	59
Oct 2012	153	76	93
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Apr 2013	251	68	89
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Oct 2013	230	60	115
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Aug 2014	115	42	41
Sep 2014	164	34	65
Oct 2014	142	22	56
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Dec 2014	161	45	65
Jan 2015	158	47	71
Feb 2015	126	34	67
Mar 2015	275	53	96
Apr 2015	188	40	69
May 2015	146	31	42
Jun 2015	156	22	50
Jul 2015	104	24	45
Aug 2015	137	28	55
Sep 2015	151	24	62
Oct 2015	111	22	31
Nov 2015	143	37	71
Dec 2015	141	29	60
Jan 2016	171	59	72
Feb 2016	144	29	56
Mar 2016	133	23	50
Apr 2016	193	46	70
May 2016	209	37	61
Jun 2016	152	32	60
Jul 2016	169	25	47
Aug 2016	145	37	49
Sep 2016	155	28	58
Oct 2016	174	48	99
Nov 2016	159	47	62
Dec 2016	151	37	48
Jan 2017	206	51	78
Feb 2017	65	27	68
Mar 2017	60	108	86
Apr 2017	58	157	67
May 2017	71	132	60
Jun 2017	52	94	42
Jul 2017	116	91	49
Aug 2017	168	106	68
Sep 2017	210	138	85
Oct 2017	301	215	91
Nov 2017	424	304	114
Dec 2017	240	173	80
Jan 2018	295	191	75
Feb 2018	331	235	125
Mar 2018	557	369	160
Apr 2018	362	253	89
May 2018	359	248	84
Jun 2018	247	177	69
Jul 2018	230	152	76
Aug 2018	179	121	67
Sep 2018	262	160	106
Oct 2018	291	205	109
Nov 2018	347	219	112
Dec 2018	299	211	71
Jan 2019	399	236	132
Feb 2019	357	214	150
Mar 2019	485	278	222
Apr 2019	473	270	172
May 2019	356	191	162
Jun 2019	240	141	103
Jul 2019	267	147	92
Aug 2019	273	163	83
Sep 2019	216	124	70
Oct 2019	305	175	80
Nov 2019	305	121	71
Dec 2019	238	116	76
Jan 2020	265	122	55
Feb 2020	248	149	68
Mar 2020	237	141	96
Apr 2020	345	219	80
May 2020	229	139	115
Jun 2020	177	86	69
Jul 2020	157	81	51
Aug 2020	188	93	65
Sep 2020	206	106	68
Oct 2020	251	117	70
Nov 2020	329	128	93
Dec 2020	279	116	94
Jan 2021	261	136	88
Feb 2021	281	156	110
Mar 2021	381	161	131
Apr 2021	336	126	106
May 2021	239	141	105
Jun 2021	107	106	125
Jul 2021	119	117	89
Aug 2021	101	101	81
Sep 2021	125	122	83
Oct 2021	907	741	142
Nov 2021	357	149	129
Dec 2021	596	440	104
Jan 2022	387	158	120
Feb 2022	302	160	95
Mar 2022	320	167	95
Apr 2022	385	153	91
May 2022	331	188	114
Jun 2022	368	188	121
Jul 2022	202	115	60
Aug 2022	229	122	68
Sep 2022	304	138	80
Oct 2022	269	125	66
Nov 2022	268	132	71
Dec 2022	303	143	77
Jan 2023	331	183	81
Feb 2023	341	205	127
Mar 2023	399	196	114
Apr 2023	368	171	110
May 2023	410	169	120
Jun 2023	266	132	73
Jul 2023	247	140	55
Aug 2023	296	127	72
Sep 2023	264	138	65
Oct 2023	288	142	64
Nov 2023	332	174	46
Dec 2023	878	133	25
Jan 2024	858	89	31
Feb 2024	882	86	29
Mar 2024	823	54	37
Total	44332	22313	17662

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