Feedback GAP: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial of goal setting and action plans to increase the effectiveness of audit and feedback interventions in primary care

Implementation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ivers, Noah M ^a,b,c,d   Tu, Karen ^b,d,e   Francis, Jill ^f   Barnsley, Jan ^c   Shah, Baiju ^b,c,g   Upshur, Ross ^b,c,d,g   Kiss, Alex ^b,c   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^h   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^b,g  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 78650132422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-98     Document Type: Article

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