Research in action: Using positive deviance to improve quality of health care

Implementation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Curry, Leslie A ^a   Ramanadhan, Shoba ^a   Rowe, Laura ^a   Nembhard, Ingrid M ^a,b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

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EID: 67650300480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-25     Document Type: Article

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