Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions?
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Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions?
BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE The UK Medical Research Council defines complex interventions as those comprising "a number of separate elements which seem essential to the proper functioning of the interventions although the 'active ingredient' of the intervention that is effective is difficult to specify." A typical example is specialist care on a stroke unit, which involves a wide range of health p...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000086