Policies, guideline implementation and practice change - how can the process be understood?
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Politics and policy: It is important to understand why, in the translational continuum from pilot research and randomised controlled efficacy trials to roll-out programmes and routine effectiveness studies, some service innovations are taken up by health service purchasers and providers, while others are not. Why do some innovative interventions or models of care get to the stage of implementation, while others fail to be funded?
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
دوره 26 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017