Describing the impact of health research: A Research Impact Framework

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuruvilla, Shyama ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^a   Pleasant, Andrew ^b   Walt, Gill ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEEDBACK; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONDON; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33750829511     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-134     Document Type: Article

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