Is evidence-based organizational innovation in the NHS a Chimaera - Or just elusive?

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-310

  Sheaff, Rod ^a   Pickard, Susan ^b   Dowling, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Implementation; NHS England; Organizational innovation; Primary care

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65749103986     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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