How, when, and why do inter-organisational collaborations in healthcare work? A realist evaluation

• Justin Avery Aunger ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.aunger@surrey.ac.uk

  Affiliations School of Health Sciences, Surrey Research Park, Surrey, United Kingdom, Health Services Management Centre, Park House, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6975-4570

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• Ross Millar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Services Management Centre, Park House, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Anne Marie Rafferty,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Russell Mannion,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Services Management Centre, Park House, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Joanne Greenhalgh,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sociology and Social Policy Department, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Deborah Faulks,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Engaging Communities Solutions, Stafford, United Kingdom

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• Hugh McLeod

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol & NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West, Bristol, United Kingdom

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