The rocky road: qualitative research as evidence

Mita K Giacomini

doi:10.1136/ebm.6.1.4

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The rocky road: qualitative research as evidence

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
Apr 2001	0	8	5
May 2001	0	51	21
Jun 2001	0	60	24
Jul 2001	0	66	23
Aug 2001	0	42	23
Sep 2001	0	41	7
Oct 2001	0	100	17
Nov 2001	0	60	9
Dec 2001	0	37	7
Jan 2002	0	49	9
Feb 2002	0	42	4
Mar 2002	0	56	10
Apr 2002	0	46	15
May 2002	0	31	10
Jun 2002	0	39	7
Jul 2002	0	24	2
Aug 2002	0	20	0
Sep 2002	0	25	1
Oct 2002	0	35	2
Nov 2002	0	37	10
Dec 2002	0	18	0
Jan 2003	0	53	5
Feb 2003	0	53	14
Mar 2003	0	52	4
Apr 2003	0	41	5
May 2003	0	43	11
Jun 2003	0	27	6
Jul 2003	0	134	5
Aug 2003	0	35	3
Sep 2003	0	36	5
Oct 2003	0	220	2
Nov 2003	0	73	6
Dec 2003	0	38	6
Jan 2004	0	95	10
Feb 2004	0	51	6
Mar 2004	0	54	5
Apr 2004	0	46	6
May 2004	0	42	10
Jun 2004	0	58	18
Jul 2004	0	41	15
Aug 2004	0	90	29
Sep 2004	0	81	15
Oct 2004	24	113	34
Nov 2004	21	99	32
Dec 2004	14	97	22
Jan 2005	37	101	33
Feb 2005	30	112	26
Mar 2005	36	89	26
Apr 2005	22	137	27
May 2005	17	120	21
Jun 2005	14	62	21
Jul 2005	32	64	36
Aug 2005	41	77	21
Sep 2005	26	99	37
Oct 2005	21	97	36
Nov 2005	30	133	46
Dec 2005	23	80	21
Jan 2006	11	74	38
Feb 2006	6	63	45
Mar 2006	8	72	69
Apr 2006	11	61	37
May 2006	33	63	17
Jun 2006	22	40	20
Jul 2006	18	38	15
Aug 2006	22	57	19
Sep 2006	31	86	41
Oct 2006	53	174	72
Nov 2006	40	245	69
Dec 2006	32	131	63
Jan 2007	32	190	65
Feb 2007	54	161	68
Mar 2007	57	125	43
Apr 2007	98	30	23
May 2007	69	36	25
Jun 2007	36	25	14
Jul 2007	42	68	31
Aug 2007	81	75	28
Sep 2007	39	19	16
Oct 2007	73	52	40
Nov 2007	54	59	38
Dec 2007	41	16	11
Jan 2008	44	30	7
Feb 2008	78	30	35
Mar 2008	48	14	10
Apr 2008	50	29	24
May 2008	24	35	23
Jun 2008	23	12	15
Jul 2008	31	12	8
Aug 2008	23	11	10
Sep 2008	41	32	16
Oct 2008	69	38	33
Nov 2008	65	29	24
Dec 2008	33	13	8
Jan 2009	34	21	11
Feb 2009	36	24	20
Mar 2009	39	14	10
Apr 2009	37	36	24
May 2009	39	21	14
Jun 2009	23	15	9
Jul 2009	30	8	12
Aug 2009	29	15	8
Sep 2009	25	7	6
Oct 2009	33	18	16
Nov 2009	36	13	6
Dec 2009	41	12	3
Jan 2010	23	5	5
Feb 2010	26	10	9
Mar 2010	20	12	8
Apr 2010	17	12	10
May 2010	23	28	15
Jun 2010	11	8	6
Jul 2010	6	7	9
Aug 2010	9	14	9
Sep 2010	6	10	5
Oct 2010	21	20	5
Nov 2010	22	13	11
Dec 2010	20	5	8
Jan 2011	20	13	10
Feb 2011	21	12	9
Mar 2011	27	21	8
Apr 2011	14	33	16
May 2011	32	15	11
Jun 2011	25	3	7
Jul 2011	11	4	3
Aug 2011	22	5	6
Sep 2011	29	12	4
Oct 2011	24	11	6
Nov 2011	24	13	13
Dec 2011	13	26	12
Jan 2012	13	27	8
Feb 2012	9	9	6
Mar 2012	13	29	9
Apr 2012	16	43	11
May 2012	13	35	11
Jun 2012	6	17	10
Jul 2012	12	21	8
Aug 2012	29	34	8
Sep 2012	12	46	14
Oct 2012	36	42	9
Nov 2012	0	37	12
Dec 2012	0	49	8
Jan 2013	0	58	15
Feb 2013	0	46	4
Mar 2013	0	83	14
Apr 2013	0	94	9
May 2013	0	101	14
Jun 2013	4	56	5
Jul 2013	3	29	3
Aug 2013	12	53	8
Sep 2013	6	75	10
Oct 2013	4	115	11
Nov 2013	4	142	5
Dec 2013	11	121	12
Jan 2014	4	99	3
Feb 2014	6	81	9
Mar 2014	16	136	6
Apr 2014	9	109	16
May 2014	14	90	7
Jun 2014	9	118	8
Jul 2014	15	142	5
Aug 2014	3	286	5
Sep 2014	8	63	10
Oct 2014	10	116	5
Nov 2014	11	128	2
Dec 2014	4	42	3
Jan 2015	7	27	3
Feb 2015	6	32	8
Mar 2015	11	50	6
Apr 2015	8	39	9
May 2015	6	71	14
Jun 2015	9	32	6
Jul 2015	4	67	3
Aug 2015	9	52	2
Sep 2015	9	44	7
Oct 2015	11	19	9
Nov 2015	6	40	4
Dec 2015	7	36	6
Jan 2016	16	56	9
Feb 2016	10	30	6
Mar 2016	12	39	11
Apr 2016	20	51	13
May 2016	13	33	8
Jun 2016	7	34	6
Jul 2016	2	29	2
Aug 2016	5	28	3
Sep 2016	6	21	19
Oct 2016	8	30	13
Nov 2016	6	37	8
Dec 2016	8	38	3
Jan 2017	10	49	5
Feb 2017	23	28	3
Mar 2017	7	25	8
Apr 2017	2	32	12
May 2017	2	39	14
Jun 2017	4	18	6
Jul 2017	19	17	8
Aug 2017	16	16	14
Sep 2017	30	30	7
Oct 2017	42	36	7
Nov 2017	39	31	19
Dec 2017	34	30	9
Jan 2018	45	39	15
Feb 2018	31	26	5
Mar 2018	38	36	9
Apr 2018	58	58	10
May 2018	87	86	6
Jun 2018	58	58	3
Jul 2018	41	41	9
Aug 2018	56	56	13
Sep 2018	57	57	13
Oct 2018	93	93	25
Nov 2018	134	132	11
Dec 2018	90	90	6
Jan 2019	126	122	16
Feb 2019	142	140	17
Mar 2019	190	190	54
Apr 2019	207	201	26
May 2019	203	199	23
Jun 2019	87	82	15
Jul 2019	75	74	12
Aug 2019	97	89	9
Sep 2019	109	103	27
Oct 2019	193	173	20
Nov 2019	151	133	20
Dec 2019	128	122	18
Jan 2020	179	167	27
Feb 2020	149	139	30
Mar 2020	170	164	30
Apr 2020	133	125	24
May 2020	97	91	25
Jun 2020	159	153	18
Jul 2020	118	108	20
Aug 2020	135	131	40
Sep 2020	237	224	32
Oct 2020	307	290	55
Nov 2020	277	270	27
Dec 2020	225	219	46
Jan 2021	270	265	44
Feb 2021	194	186	19
Mar 2021	68	62	23
Apr 2021	51	30	9
May 2021	57	37	16
Jun 2021	24	24	14
Jul 2021	19	19	24
Aug 2021	100	100	27
Sep 2021	105	105	15
Oct 2021	118	97	54
Nov 2021	99	89	59
Dec 2021	74	67	22
Jan 2022	76	71	21
Feb 2022	69	66	11
Mar 2022	100	92	23
Apr 2022	127	107	38
May 2022	149	135	37
Jun 2022	83	77	26
Jul 2022	65	56	20
Aug 2022	85	74	30
Sep 2022	323	315	111
Oct 2022	203	205	77
Nov 2022	114	94	38
Dec 2022	56	46	25
Jan 2023	92	78	33
Feb 2023	92	89	14
Mar 2023	65	67	10
Apr 2023	83	75	20
May 2023	76	70	28
Jun 2023	85	81	15
Jul 2023	78	64	26
Aug 2023	43	37	17
Sep 2023	260	246	91
Oct 2023	126	131	77
Nov 2023	78	77	13
Dec 2023	140	10	7
Jan 2024	156	8	3
Feb 2024	67	2	1
Mar 2024	208	5	2
Total	12454	18489	4784

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