Qualitative versus quantitative research — balancing cost, yield and feasibility

W B Runciman

doi:10.1136/qhc.11.2.146

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Qualitative versus quantitative research — balancing cost, yield and feasibility

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Jul 2002	0	206	273
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Oct 2002	0	46	10
Nov 2002	0	14	4
Dec 2002	0	27	2
Jan 2003	0	17	3
Feb 2003	0	17	4
Mar 2003	0	33	2
Apr 2003	0	16	7
May 2003	0	7	6
Jun 2003	0	11	5
Jul 2003	0	109	8
Aug 2003	0	38	8
Sep 2003	0	15	8
Oct 2003	0	18	4
Nov 2003	0	13	4
Dec 2003	0	12	4
Jan 2004	0	68	2
Feb 2004	1	17	4
Mar 2004	0	21	8
Apr 2004	0	18	5
May 2004	0	26	12
Jun 2004	0	39	12
Jul 2004	1	42	60
Aug 2004	0	78	37
Sep 2004	2	112	18
Oct 2004	47	99	20
Nov 2004	43	141	19
Dec 2004	32	121	26
Jan 2005	36	85	16
Feb 2005	40	151	27
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Apr 2005	33	69	18
May 2005	46	108	22
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Jul 2005	66	84	20
Aug 2005	114	141	19
Sep 2005	73	117	22
Oct 2005	71	124	32
Nov 2005	94	118	25
Dec 2005	54	77	14
Jan 2006	81	80	24
Feb 2006	76	78	15
Mar 2006	88	91	27
Apr 2006	105	93	27
May 2006	120	94	31
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Jul 2006	68	62	19
Aug 2006	73	74	20
Sep 2006	90	159	53
Oct 2006	77	239	94
Nov 2006	87	286	103
Dec 2006	52	164	93
Jan 2007	57	172	74
Feb 2007	59	170	81
Mar 2007	90	218	114
Apr 2007	145	40	32
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Aug 2007	106	36	19
Sep 2007	215	81	31
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Nov 2007	214	96	35
Dec 2007	137	69	19
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Apr 2008	287	168	54
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Aug 2008	263	52	21
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Feb 2009	280	66	14
Mar 2009	404	91	18
Apr 2009	328	79	34
May 2009	302	76	44
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Jul 2009	199	50	22
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Sep 2009	231	63	15
Oct 2009	259	100	25
Nov 2009	86	31	10
Dec 2009	30	12	5
Jan 2010	256	69	30
Feb 2010	266	67	20
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Apr 2010	328	82	24
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Jul 2010	146	52	19
Aug 2010	194	72	14
Sep 2010	235	42	8
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Feb 2011	24	11	4
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Apr 2011	51	14	13
May 2011	60	5	11
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Aug 2011	38	6	10
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Nov 2011	31	20	7
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Jan 2012	20	30	13
Feb 2012	36	35	8
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Apr 2012	19	59	8
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Oct 2014	13	57	5
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Feb 2015	23	30	9
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Jun 2015	19	28	3
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Aug 2015	19	31	4
Sep 2015	21	46	5
Oct 2015	20	31	3
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Feb 2016	21	34	11
Mar 2016	24	43	4
Apr 2016	38	50	17
May 2016	19	45	8
Jun 2016	20	40	1
Jul 2016	18	35	5
Aug 2016	24	41	8
Sep 2016	18	46	3
Oct 2016	24	46	5
Nov 2016	33	60	5
Dec 2016	30	41	9
Jan 2017	39	57	11
Feb 2017	12	40	3
Mar 2017	3	66	5
Apr 2017	5	106	7
May 2017	7	113	5
Jun 2017	30	101	7
Jul 2017	49	46	2
Aug 2017	42	42	2
Sep 2017	69	67	3
Oct 2017	106	101	8
Nov 2017	107	93	5
Dec 2017	78	66	8
Jan 2018	176	174	12
Feb 2018	173	161	17
Mar 2018	266	246	20
Apr 2018	260	262	38
May 2018	229	230	42
Jun 2018	228	224	16
Jul 2018	162	160	31
Aug 2018	141	141	33
Sep 2018	231	227	34
Oct 2018	266	264	40
Nov 2018	275	273	29
Dec 2018	222	220	14
Jan 2019	192	183	17
Feb 2019	256	247	26
Mar 2019	214	208	36
Apr 2019	209	209	22
May 2019	224	224	27
Jun 2019	139	137	11
Jul 2019	135	134	13
Aug 2019	164	162	12
Sep 2019	152	152	20
Oct 2019	138	122	22
Nov 2019	76	68	16
Dec 2019	75	71	10
Jan 2020	72	68	14
Feb 2020	55	41	10
Mar 2020	61	47	10
Apr 2020	98	72	13
May 2020	85	68	11
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Jul 2020	128	103	7
Aug 2020	102	86	8
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Oct 2020	122	115	10
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Jan 2021	88	67	16
Feb 2021	89	81	12
Mar 2021	114	86	17
Apr 2021	93	77	13
May 2021	83	75	22
Jun 2021	43	43	5
Jul 2021	47	47	10
Aug 2021	46	46	16
Sep 2021	79	80	11
Oct 2021	127	89	34
Nov 2021	58	42	24
Dec 2021	83	52	16
Jan 2022	91	59	17
Feb 2022	81	57	24
Mar 2022	88	71	24
Apr 2022	93	49	25
May 2022	103	76	23
Jun 2022	89	68	15
Jul 2022	96	66	8
Aug 2022	64	58	7
Sep 2022	112	80	18
Oct 2022	103	70	25
Nov 2022	112	80	21
Dec 2022	83	62	12
Jan 2023	100	64	8
Feb 2023	134	88	7
Mar 2023	83	72	13
Apr 2023	94	73	11
May 2023	107	50	20
Jun 2023	62	48	10
Jul 2023	89	37	14
Aug 2023	90	53	12
Sep 2023	81	46	9
Oct 2023	70	51	11
Nov 2023	38	33	11
Dec 2023	118	11	3
Jan 2024	127	1	0
Feb 2024	78	1	1
Mar 2024	347	8	6
Apr 2024	104	1	1
May 2024	105	8	4
Jun 2024	57	0	1
Jul 2024	73	2	1
Aug 2024	67	1	0
Total	23962	19678	4567

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