Health policy and the politics of evidence

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-512

  Milewa, Timothy ^a   Barry, Christine ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health policy; Health technology appraisal; Health technology assessment; NICE

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745215104     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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