Using qualitative comparative analysis to study causal complexity

A study brings together the concerns of case-oriented investigators for finding ways in which different aspects of cases fit together, and those of variable-oriented researchers who are looking for patterns observable across cases, not the specificity of individual cases. The key to bridging these 2...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health services research 1999-12, Vol.34 (5 Pt 2), p.1225-1239
1. Verfasser:	Ragin, C C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Causality Comparative Analysis Design Health care industry Health maintenance organizations Health Maintenance Organizations - organization & administration Health Maintenance Organizations - statistics & numerical data Health services HMOs Hospitals Humans Methods Organizational Case Studies - methods Organizational Case Studies - statistics & numerical data Personnel Turnover - statistics & numerical data Planning Qualitative Methods Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods Research Design Research Methodology Social Science Research Statistical analysis Studies United States
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Zusammenfassung:	A study brings together the concerns of case-oriented investigators for finding ways in which different aspects of cases fit together, and those of variable-oriented researchers who are looking for patterns observable across cases, not the specificity of individual cases. The key to bridging these 2 concerns is a "configurational" view of cases in which they are understood in terms of the aspects they combine, as different configurations of set memberships.
ISSN:	0017-9124 1475-6773