The European quality of care pathways (EQCP) study on the impact of care pathways on interprofessional teamwork in an acute hospital setting: study protocol: for a cluster randomised controlled trial and evaluation of implementation processes

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Deneckere, Svin ^a   Euwema, Martin ^a   Lodewijckx, Cathy ^a   Panella, Massimiliano ^b,c   Sermeus, Walter ^a,b   Vanhaecht, Kris ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Kapucijnenvoer ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d Western Norway Research Network on Integrated Healthcare Helse Fonna   (Norway)

Author keywords

Care pathways; Cluster randomised controlled trial; Interprofessional teamwork; Process evaluations; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EUROPE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84861129060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-47     Document Type: Article

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