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Review
. 2006 Jan 14;332(7533):109-12.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.109.

Evaluating and implementing new services

Ann McDonnell  1 , Richard Wilson, Steve Goodacre
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Review

Evaluating and implementing new services

Ann McDonnell et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Evidence based health care should apply to the way that services are delivered as much as it does to treatments

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Would this service exist if it had been evaluated first? Credit: ITV/REX
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