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Development and assessment of the Alberta Context Tool

BMC Health Services Research · 2009 · Vol. 9(1) · pp. 234–234

Carole A. Estabrooks✉(University of Alberta)Janet E. Squires(University of Alberta)Greta G. Cummings(University of Alberta)Judy BirdsellPeter Norton(University of Calgary)

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Abstract

To date, no completely satisfactory measures of organizational context are available for use in healthcare. The ACT assesses several core domains to provide a comprehensive account of organizational context in healthcare settings. The tool's strengths are its brevity (allowing it to be completed in busy healthcare settings) and its focus on dimensions of organizational context that are modifiable. Refinements of the instrument for acute, long term care, and home care settings are ongoing.

Health Sciences Research and Education Health Policy Implementation Science Innovations in Medical EducationCronbach's alphaNursing researchContext (archaeology)Exploratory factor analysisHealth administrationHealth careCLARITYConstruct validityVariance (accounting)Medicine

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CanadaData CollectionDiffusion of InnovationFactor Analysis, StatisticalFeasibility StudiesHealth Services ResearchHospital AdministrationHospitals, PediatricHumansLeadershipPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsOrganizational CultureEvidence-Based Medicine