A realistic evaluation of fines for hospital discharges: Incorporating the history of programme evaluations in the analysis

Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-36

  Manzano Santaella, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

delayed discharges; financial incentives; programme theory; realist evaluation; theory driven evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551505503     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389010389913     Document Type: Article

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