Methodological issues in health care surveys of the Spanish heritage population.

Comparing Sample Surveys of Health with Of®cial Population Statistics: Some Methodological Issues and Empirical Findings

This article reports an examination of factors that might affect the interpretation of computed relative risks of medical illness obtained when estimates of morbidity derived from a speci®c subpopulation sample are compared with estimates obtained from of®cial statistical bureau surveys of the parent population. Interpreting a signi®cant or nonsigni®cant relative risk depends upon how fair the ...

The main methodological issues in costing health care services

Achieving Consensus Deal with Methodological Issues in the Delphi Technique

Delphi is a powerful technique used to seek answers to appropriate questions. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Delphi technique as a research method. This paper discusses the scientific merit of the Delphi technique by investigating on 41 studies of Journal of Agricultural Education from 1981 to 2013, and 2 studies of Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. The...

Methodological issues in community surveys of suicide ideators and attempters.

There have been quite a number of community studies in recent years, with surveys being conducted among the general population, in schools, and among the elderly. While all of these studies have greatly contributed to our understanding of suicidal behavior, because of different approaches toward methodology and definitions, they also have some limitations. These limitations spring mainly from t...

Assessment of primary care in health surveys: a population perspective.

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the metric properties of a selection of items of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) included into 2006 Catalonia Health Survey and adapted to evaluate experiences of primary care (PC) under population perspective. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. The study population was composed of non-institutionalized residents of Catalon...