To RCT or not to RCT? The ongoing saga of randomised trials in quality improvement

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 221-223

  Parry, Gareth ^a   Power, Maxine ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STROKE PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84961797216     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004862     Document Type: Editorial

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