Designing quality improvement initiatives: The action effect method, a structured approach to identifying and articulating programme theory

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1040-1048

  Reed, Julie E ^a   McNicholas, Christopher ^a   Woodcock, Thomas ^a   Issen, Laurel ^a   Bell, Derek ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; THEORY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84910613532     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003103     Document Type: Article

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