Pre-existent databases used in nursing research for secondary analysis contain data of different sorts. What are these? (Select all that apply.)
a. Data collected internally by a health care institution for quality assurance or other review of its processes
b. Data collected by unknown people for unknown reasons
c. Data collected by governmental and private agencies, such as insurance companies, external to a health care institution
d. Records locked by the courts
e. Data collected by another researcher for a previous study
ANS: A, C, E
Nurse researchers are expanding their use of data from existing databases to answer their research questions and test their research hypotheses. Health data is usually categorized into secondary data and administrative data. Secondary data are those data collected during a previous research study. Administrative data are collected within clinical agencies; obtained by national, state, and local professional organizations; and collected by federal, state, and local agencies.
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