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Gliklich, R. E., Dreyer, N. A., Leavy, M. B. (Eds.). (2014). Chapter 6: Data sources for registries. In Registries for evaluating patient outcomes: A user’s guide [Internet]. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
This chapter highlights how data in registries can be tied to a variety of sources. The chapter discusses primary and secondary data, comments on the strengths and weaknesses of each, and provides examples of how different data sources can provide answers to research questions.

Thunhurst, C., & Randall, S. (2010). Applied research: Building the evidence base for health sector development. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation, 17(8), 398-404.
This article considers the nature of applied research with respect to the following: How does it differ from pure research, translational research, action research, and/or monitoring and evaluation? Is the ‘opportunism’ of applied research compatible with ethical considerations.

Tamirat, K. S., Tessema, Z. T., & Kebede, F. B. (2020). Factors associated with the perceived barriers of health care access among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a secondary data analysis of 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1186/s12913-020-05485-y
Secondary data from the individual women record (IR) file was used to extract about 15,683 women for the final analysis from the largest dataset. A composite variable of healthcare access was then created from four questions used to rate healthcare access problems among women of reproductive age.