Research Proposal: Assessing Ambulatory Care Services in Canada

This research proposal focuses on assessing ambulatory health services in Canada, primarily delivered by the private sector in collaboration with governments. The study will explore various aspects, including geography, stakeholders, policies, standards, and workforce. It will also analyze the growth of ambulatory services, accreditation, common diagnoses, advantages over inpatient services, and comparisons with other nations. The research will utilize both qualitative and quantitative methods, employing correlational designs and content/descriptive analysis. Data will be sourced from government publications, academic journals, and international statistics, with SPSS V25 used for analysis. The study aims to provide recommendations and conclusions based on the findings, utilizing tables, graphs, and pie charts for data presentation. The research will use a philosophical basis where objectivist realism will be applied.

Formative Assessment 1
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Introduction.
This research proposal will focus on assessing the ambulance health services in
Canada. Most of the ambulatory services in Canada are offered by private sectors in
collaboration with local and national governments(The Common Wealth Fund, 2019). The
ambulatory services in Canada have a dramatic impact on how health care is delivered.
Currently, most of the ambulatory services have focused on sensitive conditions that
primarily treat people without necessarily admitting patients to the hospital to reduce the cost
of services(The Common Wealth Fund, 2019). This means all the ambulatory services in
Canada are delivering a broad range of health care services in high-pressure environments.
Main topics in the Research.
Geography and demography statistics.
Stakeholders involved.
Ambulatory health care policies.
Standards and organizations involved in ambulatory health care services.
Ambulatory health care services in Canada.
Reasons for the current rapid growth of ambulatory services.
Health care workforce available for ambulatory services
Accreditation standards required for Ambulatory services.
The most common diagnosis that leads to patients visiting ambulatory care services.
Advantages of Ambulatory outpatient services over inpatient services.
Comparison of ambulatory health services in Canada with other nations and internationally.
Recommendations and conclusion.

Formative Assessment 3
Research Plan.
Methods.
Both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be applied in this study.
Correlational designs will be most appropriate in this study as the research will be focusing
on exploring and observing the relationships among valuables that are not controlled using
statistical analysis(Bruce and Yearley, 2014). The research will not focus on the causes and
effects of the ambulatory services but on data exploration and literature observations. Data
comparison will be done using a philosophical basis where objectivist realism will be applied.
This includes studying the facts as they are in a world that exists(Treasaden, 2013).
Sources of Information.
Major sources of information for this research will include government publications,
literature reviews from academic and peer-reviewed journals, and trusted national and
international statistics. However, most of the primary data for analysis will be specifically be
obtained from government websites and the World Health Organization. All the sources of
the information that will be used in this study will include all publications that are not more
than five years old to allow the use of the most current evidence.
Potential approaches for analysis.
This study will utilize both content and descriptive analysis. Content analysis will be
used while comparing various qualitative data and descriptive analysis will be used in
describing most of the statistical data obtained(Salmon, 2015). Both methods of analysis will
be involved in analyzing specific ambulatory data including comparison with data from other
countries and international standards. During data analysis, tables, graphs, and piecharts will
be used in data presentations and analysis(AL-Nasiri, Muniswamy and Maskari, 2018). The
software that will be used in data analysis will include SPSS V25. All data that will not fit

Formative Assessment 4
any categorical group will be analyzed independently. The data analysis will take
approximately one week to make sure all relevant data are analyzed completely.

Formative Assessment 5
References.
AL-Nasiri, Y., Muniswamy, V. and Maskari, J. Al (2018) ‘A Quantitative Research Design to
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Bruce, S. and Yearley, S. (2014) ‘Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods’, in The
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Salmon, J. (2015) ‘Using observational methods in nursing research’, Nursing Standard,
29(45), pp. 36–41. doi: 10.7748/ns.29.45.36.e8721.
Treasaden, I. (2013) ‘Research methods and statistics’, in Revision MCQs and EMIs for the
MRCPsych. doi: 10.1201/b13482-6.
The Common Wealth Fund(2019). The Canadian Health Care System. Available at
https://international.commonwealthfund.org/countries/canada/