This overview aims to stimulate conceptual and practical discussions to help unlock the full
potential of realist evaluation in health systems research. Based on a structured literature …

Background: Many of the problems confronting policy-and decision-makers, evaluators and
researchers today are complex, as are the interventions designed to tackle them. Their …

Background Realist evaluation is increasingly used in health services and other fields of
research and evaluation. No previous standards exist for reporting realist evaluations. This …

Pawson and Tilley suggest a unique strategy for conducting qualitative interviews within
realist evaluation studies. Theories are placed before the interviewee for them to comment …

Introduction Realist evaluation is an increasingly popular methodology in health services
research. For realist evaluations (RE) this project aims to: develop quality and reporting …

To evaluate, to assess the worth or value of something, is a very common activity. This book
focuses on evaluation as applied social research, an activity sometimes called program …

Logic models (LMs) have been used in programme evaluation for over four decades.
Current debate questions the ability of logic modelling techniques to incorporate contextual …

The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different
models of health-care provision that are important for residents' health care. Objectives: To …

Social accountability is increasingly invoked as a way of improving health services. This
article presents a theory-driven qualitative study of the context, mechanisms and outcomes …

While an increasing number of healthcare providers are purchasing surgical robots because
of anticipated improvements in patient outcomes, their implementation into practice is highly …