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Patient Safety and Quality Case Study Researchers from a local hospital sought to determine factors associated with readmission among patients treated for a stroke. A survey was sent to all patients admitted to the hospital for a second stroke within one year of their first stroke. The same survey was sent to all patients who had a stroke but were not admitted for at least a year following that stroke. The survey was given while they were at the hospital, so 80% of those readmitted to the hospital responded. The survey was mailed to those who were not readmitted, so only 30% of those patients responded. The researchers decided to focus on determining whether three factors were different between patients who were readmitted and patients who were not readmitted (variable 1), age (variable 2), gender (variable 3), and the number of stressful life events over the previous year (variable 4). For the last question, respondents needed to recall and write a list of all these events, and the researchers counted them.

Data Collection Methods: Identify the different methods of data collection for this case study. Is this a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods study? Explain your reasoning.