PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John Øvretveit
AU  - Laura Leviton
AU  - Gareth Parry
TI  - Increasing the generalisability of improvement research with an improvement replication programme
AID  - 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.046342
DP  - 2011 Apr 01
TA  - BMJ Quality & Safety
PG  - i87--i91
VI  - 20
IP  - Suppl 1
4099  - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_1/i87.short
4100  - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_1/i87.full
SO  - BMJ Qual Saf2011 Apr 01; 20
AB  - If a quality improvement is found effective in one setting, would the same effects be found elsewhere? Could the same change be implemented in another setting? These are just two of the ‘generalisation questions’ which decision-makers face in considering whether to act on reported improvement. In this paper, some of the issues are considered and a programme of research for testing improvements in different settings is proposed to build theory and practical guidance about implementation and results in different settings.