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. 2007 Mar 3;334(7591):455-9.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.379965.BE.

Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health care

Neil C Campbell¹, Elizabeth Murray, Janet Darbyshire, Jon Emery, Andrew Farmer, Frances Griffiths, Bruce Guthrie, Helen Lester, Phil Wilson, Ann Louise Kinmonth

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PMID: 17332585
PMCID: PMC1808182
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39108.379965.BE

Review

Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health care

Neil C Campbell et al. BMJ. 2007.

. 2007 Mar 3;334(7591):455-9.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.379965.BE.

Authors

Neil C Campbell¹, Elizabeth Murray, Janet Darbyshire, Jon Emery, Andrew Farmer, Frances Griffiths, Bruce Guthrie, Helen Lester, Phil Wilson, Ann Louise Kinmonth

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen AB25 2AY. n.campbell@abdn.ac.uk

PMID: 17332585
PMCID: PMC1808182
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39108.379965.BE

Abstract

Determining the effectiveness of complex interventions can be difficult and time consuming. Neil C Campbell and colleagues explain the importance of ground work in getting usable results

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