Assessment of scalability of evidence-based innovations in community-based primary health care: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2013, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research funded 12 community-based primary health care research teams to develop evidence-based innovations. We aimed to explore the scalability of these innovations.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we invited the 12 teams to rate their evidence-based innovations for scalability. Based on a systematic review, we developed a self-administered questionnaire with 16 scalability assessment criteria grouped into 5 dimensions (theory, impact, coverage, setting and cost). Teams completed a questionnaire for each of their innovations. We analyzed the data using simple frequency counts and hierarchical cluster analysis. We calculated the mean number and standard deviation (SD) of innovations that met criteria within each di

SUBMITTER: Ben Charif A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221806 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature