Quantitative measures of health policy implementation determinants and outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public policy has tremendous impacts on population health. While policy development has been extensively studied, policy implementation research is newer and relies largely on qualitative methods. Quantitative measures are needed to disentangle differential impacts of policy implementation determinants (i.e., barriers and facilitators) and outcomes to ensure intended benefits are realized. Implementation outcomes include acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, compliance/fidelity, feasibility, penetration, sustainability, and costs. This systematic review identified quantitative measures that are used to assess health policy implementation determinants and outcomes and evaluated the quality of these measures.

Methods

Three frameworks guided the review: Implement

SUBMITTER: Allen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7304175 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature