Soft data, hard effects. Strategies for effective policy on health impact assessment - An example from the Netherlands

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-407

  Den Broeder, Lea ^a   Penris, Manon ^a   Put, Gerard Varela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making, Organizational; Environmental health; Evidence based medicine; Health policy; Health status indicators; Intersectoral cooperation; Outcome assessment (Health care); Policy making; Program evaluation; Public health administration trends

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING POLICY; POLICY MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSING; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0037774600     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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