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Understanding how a national clinical audit is established, maintained and sustained using the Irish Hip Fracture Database as an exemplar: a realist evaluation protocol

2026-05-19

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There is an increasing focus on clinical audit within the Irish Health System to drive quality improvement and standardise care, with many established and emerging clinical audits underway. Since the burden of data collection typically falls to busy clinical staff, understanding the impact of audit is especially crucial. However, the literature rarely explores how audits generate impact, for whom and in what conte...

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e414f635-06b7-5dfb-a8b5-eae7c6b06176
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10.12688/hrbopenres.14451.1
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