Constructing quantitative implementation scales from categorical services data: Examples from a Multisite Evaluation

Evaluation Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-288

  Orwin, Robert G ^a   Sonnefeld, L Joseph ^a   Cordray, David S ^a   Pion, Georgine M ^a   Perl, Harold I ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032056065     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9802200204     Document Type: Article

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