Bridging the ivory towers and the swampy lowlands; increasing the impact of health services research on quality improvement

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Marshall, Martin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co creation; Evidence informed improvement; Improvement science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CO-CREATION; EVIDENCE INFORMED IMPROVEMENT; IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84893595772     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt076     Document Type: Article

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