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KCE Process Note: Qualitative Research Methods

KCE Reports 408C (2025) In the context of KCE research, qualitative methods can provide a deeper, more concrete understanding of the topic under investigation than purely quantitative data, as well as valuable insights regarding its wider context.

NEED: assessment of the unmet needs of patients and society

KCE Reports 377C (2024)Thanks to the tremendous medical and scientific progress made in recent decades, a growing number of health issues can now be treated more effectively than ever. However, many needs remain not or insufficiently met by the current offer of products and services. To better target the areas which should be prioritised for research on solutions to address unmet needs, the first necessary step is to identify and assess these unmet needs. Which diseases remain underserved? What do people living with these conditions need most and foremost?

Identifying Patient needs: methodological approach and application

KCE Reports 348C (2022) Health innovations often meet needs which are more closely linked to the supply aspect (industry, hospitals, care providers, etc.) than to patient demand. The public authorities are aware of this fact and are trying to reverse this tendency.

Care integration in a vulnerable elderly population in Belgium: an evaluation of the third phase of Protocol 3

KCE Reports 346C (2021) The Protocol 3 agreement was launched in 2010 to support innovative home care projects for frail elderly people requiring complex care. It has been amended over time, but has remained a pilot project. NIHDI asked KCE to carry out an assessment before deciding whether it should be continued.

Correction of refractive errors of the eye in adults - Part 1 : Perceptions and experiences

KCE Reports 202C (2013)

The use of Qualitative Research Methods in KCE studies

KCE Reports 187C (2012)

[Homeopathy : State of affairs in Belgium]

KCE Reports 154 (2011)

Acupuncture: State of affairs in Belgium

KCE Reports 153C (2011)More than one Belgian out of 3 consulted at least once in his life an osteopath, a chiropractor, a homeopath or an acupunctor. Within the framework of the continuation of the setting pursuant to the law Stuck, the Minister for the public health asked the federal Center of expert testimony health care (KCE) carry out an inventory of fixtures of these 4 not-conventional medicines with success. In a first report (December 2010) KCE was concentrated on the study of osteopathy and chiropractic. This time, it is with the turn of acupuncture.

[Osteopathy and chiropractic: state of affairs in Belgium]

KCE Reports 148 (2010)

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KCE Process Note: Qualitative Research Methods

NEED: assessment of the unmet needs of patients and society

Identifying Patient needs: methodological approach and application

Care integration in a vulnerable elderly population in Belgium: an evaluation of the third phase of Protocol 3

Correction of refractive errors of the eye in adults - Part 1 : Perceptions and experiences

The use of Qualitative Research Methods in KCE studies

[Homeopathy : State of affairs in Belgium]

Acupuncture: State of affairs in Belgium

[Osteopathy and chiropractic: state of affairs in Belgium]