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The Meeting Point: Organising for Knowledge Transfer

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Researching Quality in Care Transitions

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In this chapter, Bragstad and Foss highlight key methodological challenges and lessons learned when studying complex care transitions from a quantitative perspective. Key challenges with regard to designing and planning the study, developing survey instruments and conducting survey research on transitional care is emphasized. The research examples used throughout this chapter are predominantly linked to a study exploring older patients’ and their next of kin’s experiences with transition from hospital to municipal care. The methodological challenges are, however, applicable to a wider context.

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  1. University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

    Randi N. Heskestad & Karina Aase

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  1. SHARE, Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

    Karina Aase

  2. Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning, Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Justin Waring

  3. SHARE, Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

    Lene Schibevaag

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Heskestad, R.N., Aase, K. (2017). The Meeting Point: Organising for Knowledge Transfer. In: Aase, K., Waring, J., Schibevaag, L. (eds) Researching Quality in Care Transitions. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62346-7_13

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