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Figure 1. Rationale for examining patient safety practices to assess their effectiveness

Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety

Rationale for examining patient safety practices to assess their effectiveness, depicts a generic patient safety practice with small empty boxes as placeholders to represent the components of the patient safety practice. It shows that the context in which a patient safety practice takes place affects the results that may be achieved. The components of evaluation are shown as puzzle pieces that include the logic model, constructs, internal validity, and external validity. When put together, the puzzle pieces equal synthesis.

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Current as of December 2010
Internet Citation: Figure 1. Rationale for examining patient safety practices to assess their effectiveness: Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety . December 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/contextsensitive/contextfig1.html