How has the impact of 'care pathway technologies' on service integration in stroke care been measured and what is the strength of the evidence to support their effectiveness in this respect?

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-110

  Allen, Davina ^a   Rixson, Laura ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex intervention; Evaluation; Integrated care pathway; Service delivery; Stroke; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651230219     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2007.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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