Large language models for thematic analysis in healthcare research: A blinded mixed-methods comparison with human analysts

• Callum Hill ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ch1g22@soton.ac.uk

  Affiliation Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-1952

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• Arun Dahil,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2426-2907

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• Glenn Simpson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• David Hardisty,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Jacob Keast,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Cameron Kumar Pinn,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7227-3892

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• Hajira Dambha-Miller

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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