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This is a systematic review on how innovations in health service practice and organisation can be disseminated and implemented. This is an academic text, originally commissioned by the Department of Health from University College London and University of Surrey, using a variety of research methods.

Trade Review
‘This book is a towering work of remarkable scholarship. It bathes in light what was previously a shadowland of opacity, misconception, theory-hopping and misplaced enthusiasm.’

Sir Liam Donaldson
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Table of Contents
Summary overview.

Chapter 1 Introduction.

Chapter 2 Method.

Chapter 3 Research Traditions.

Chapter 4 Innovations.

Chapter 5 Adopters and Adoption.

Chapter 6 Diffusion and Dissemination.

Chapter 7 The Inner Context.

Chapter 8 The Outer Context.

Chapter 9 Implementation and Institutionalization.

Chapter 10 Case Studies.

Chapter 11 Discussion.

Appendix 1 Data Extraction Form.

Appendix 2 Quality Checklists.

Appendix 3 Descriptive Statistics on Included Studies.

Appendix 4 Tables of Included Studies

Diffusion of Innovations in Health Service Organisations a systematic literature review Studies in Urban and Social Change

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      Publisher: Wiley
      Publication Date: 22/06/2005
      ISBN13: 9780727918697, 978-0727918697
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a systematic review on how innovations in health service practice and organisation can be disseminated and implemented. This is an academic text, originally commissioned by the Department of Health from University College London and University of Surrey, using a variety of research methods.

      Trade Review
      ‘This book is a towering work of remarkable scholarship. It bathes in light what was previously a shadowland of opacity, misconception, theory-hopping and misplaced enthusiasm.’

      Sir Liam Donaldson
      Chief Medical Officer



      Table of Contents
      Summary overview.

      Chapter 1 Introduction.

      Chapter 2 Method.

      Chapter 3 Research Traditions.

      Chapter 4 Innovations.

      Chapter 5 Adopters and Adoption.

      Chapter 6 Diffusion and Dissemination.

      Chapter 7 The Inner Context.

      Chapter 8 The Outer Context.

      Chapter 9 Implementation and Institutionalization.

      Chapter 10 Case Studies.

      Chapter 11 Discussion.

      Appendix 1 Data Extraction Form.

      Appendix 2 Quality Checklists.

      Appendix 3 Descriptive Statistics on Included Studies.

      Appendix 4 Tables of Included Studies

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