Opening the black box: A study of the process of NICE guidelines implementation

Health Policy

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Spyridonidis, Dimitrios ^a   Calnan, Michael ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implementation; NICE guidelines; Organisational context

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MANAGER; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDY DESIGN; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 80052800112     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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