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Table 5 Sustainability definition sources

From: Identifying existing approaches used to evaluate the sustainability of evidence-based interventions in healthcare: an integrative review

Defining author

aNumber of studies

Reference(s)

Shediac-Rizkallah and Bone (1998)

5

[19, 27, 46, 48, 76]

National Health Services Sustainability Model (2010)

5

[20, 32, 54, 58, 74]

Stirman et al. (2012)

5

[19, 34, 36, 49, 50]

Scheirer and Dearing (2011)

5

[19, 33, 35, 58, 62]

May et al. (2009)

4

[42, 73, 77, 80]

Scheirer (2005)

4

[27, 48, 49, 76]

Pluye et al. (2004)

3

[27, 45, 49]

Schell, Luke, and Schooley (2013)

2

[60, 81]

Proctor et al. (2011)

2

[49, 65]

Gruen et al. (2008)

2

[27, 56]

Scheirer (2013)

2

[28, 81]

Fleiszer et al. (2015)

2

[49, 64]

Chambers et al. (2013)

1

[45]

Honadle and Sante (1985)

1

[53]

Organization for Economic Co-operation

1

[31]

Appleby et al. (2005)

1

[43]

World Health Organization (2002)

1

[29]

Own definition

3

[21, 61, 67]

  1. aTotal number is greater than 39 as some studies used multiple sources to define sustainability