The contribution of general practice based research to the development of national policy: Case studies from Ireland and Australia

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Pirkis, J E ^a   Blashki, G A ^a,b   Murphy, Andrew W ^c   Hickie, I B ^d   Ciechomski, Lisa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; IRELAND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33744912805     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-3-4     Document Type: Article

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