Did a quality improvement collaborative make stroke care better? A cluster randomized trial

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Power, Maxine ^a   Tyrrell, Pippa J ^a,b   Rudd, Anthony G ^c   Tully, Mary P ^b   Dalton, David ^a   Marshall, Martin ^d   Chappell, Ian ^a   Corgié, Delphine ^a   Goldmann, Don ^e,h   Webb, Dale ^f   Dixon Woods, Mary ^g   Parry, Gareth ^e,h  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Healthcare Improvement   (United Kingdom)

^f Stroke Association Stroke Association House   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough series collaborative; Quality improvement; Stroke; Trial

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STROKE; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897940676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-40     Document Type: Article

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