Database: National Medicare Data set
1. Introduction
Introduce the problem or topic being investigated. Include relevant background information that:
indicates why this is an issue or topic worth researching; highlights how others have researched this
topic or issue (whether quantitatively or qualitatively), and; specifies how others have operationalized
this concept and measured this phenomenon quantitatively (This is the place for literature review).
2. Literature Review
Locate at least 5 articles that present quantitative research on the topic selected
At the end of this section the Research Question or Research Hypothesis should be formally stated.