This guide addresses commonly asked questions about how to approach evaluation of quality improvement in health care. It seeks to answer ten core questions:
- Why do an evaluation?
- What are the different types of evaluation?
- What are the design considerations for an evaluation?
- What are we comparing our intervention with?
- How does evaluation differ from other forms of measurement?
- What practical issues should we consider?
- When should we start and finish an evaluation?
- How do we cope with changes in the intervention when the evaluation is underway?
- Should we do the evaluation ourselves or commission an external team?
- How do we communicate evaluation findings?