Evaluating complex interventions: One size does not fit all

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7743, 2010, Pages 401-403

  Mackenzie, Mhairi ^a   O'Donnell, Catherine ^a   Halliday, Emma ^b   Sridharan, Sanjeev ^c   Platt, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77149163321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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