Do complexity-informed health interventions work? A scoping review

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Brainard, Julii ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Complexity science; Health service; Interventions; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988452841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0492-5     Document Type: Review

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