Behind the scenes in health care improvement: The complex structures and emergent strategies of Implementation Science

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1530-1540

  Sobo, Elisa J ^a   Bowman, Candice ^b   Gifford, Allen L ^c,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA New England Healthcare System   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Services Research; Implementation science; Institutional ethnography; Social construction of knowledge; Structure and agency; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52949143498     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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