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Using qualitative research in systematic reviews: older people's views of hospital discharge
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, FISHER Mike, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Systematic reviews are usually restricted to quantitative studies. This report demonstrates how the review process can be extended to a synthesis of qualitative studies using the example of older people’s views on hospital discharge. There were two kinds of evidence about the potential effectiveness of discharge arrangements – the review by Parker showing that support could be successfully provided to older people discharged from hospital, and international evidence from Sweden, where a similar reform had been implemented. Closer examination of this evidence provided some of the key reasons why this qualitative synthesis of older people’s views of hospital discharge was undertaken.