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Table 1 Comparison of the stages in an evaluation of complex interventions to stages of drug evaluation.

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Evaluation of drugs

Pre-clinical

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

Phase IV

Evaluation of implementation strategies

Theory

Modelling

Exploratory trial

Definitive RCT

Long term implementation