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How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types

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  • Margareth Crisóstomo Portela Social Science Applied to Healthcare Research (SAPPHIRE) Group, Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK Department of Health Administration and Planning, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter J Pronovost Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Surgery, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, School of Medicine, and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thomas Woodcock NIHR CLAHRC for Northwest London, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pam Carter Social Science Applied to Healthcare Research (SAPPHIRE) Group, Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mary Dixon-Woods Social Science Applied to Healthcare Research (SAPPHIRE) Group, Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Margareth C Portela, Departamento de Administração e Planejamento em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, sala 724—Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21041-210, Brazil; mportela{at}ensp.fiocruz.br
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Portela MC, Pronovost PJ, Woodcock T, et al
How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types
BMJ Quality & Safety 2015;24:325-336.

Publication history

  • Received September 25, 2014
  • Revised February 13, 2015
  • Accepted February 16, 2015
  • First published March 25, 2015.
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May 13, 2016

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