NorthStar, a support tool for the design and evaluation of quality improvement interventions in healthcare

Implementation Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Akl, Elie A ^a   Treweek, Shaun ^b   Foy, Robbie ^c   Francis, Jill ^d   Oxman, Andrew D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

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EID: 34547273241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-2-19     Document Type: Article

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