Factors influencing success in quality-improvement collaboratives: Development and psychometric testing of an instrument

Implementation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Schouten, Loes M T ^a   Grol, Richard P T M ^b   Hulscher, Marlies E J L ^b  

^a Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77958517434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-84     Document Type: Article

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