Implementation, context and complexity

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  May, Carl R ^a,b   Johnson, Mark ^b   Finch, Tracy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PLASTICITY; SCALE UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PROCEDURES; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84992153308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0506-3     Document Type: Article

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