Table 1 Four types of scaling up
From: Planning the scale up of brief psychological interventions using theory of change
Types of scaling up | Definition |
|---|---|
Vertical scaling up | Institutionalization through policy, political, legal, regulatory, budgetary or other health systems changes |
Horizontal scaling up | Expansion (to serve larger or different population groups) or replication (in different geographic sites) |
Diversification | Testing and adding a new innovation to one that is in the process of being scaled up |
Spontaneous scaling up | Diffusion of the innovation without deliberate guidance |