Table 6.
Number of papers by subcategory and all applied methodologies
| Subcategory versus Methodology | Cost-effectiveness analysis | Focus group | Interview | Mathematical programming | Meta-analysis | Pretest-posttest study | Prospective studies | Real-life experiment | Retrospective studies | Review | Simulation | Statistical analysis | Survey | Thematic analysis | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 63 | |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 82 | |
| Volunteers | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 64 |
| Total | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 82 | 17 | 2 | 219 |