Exploring health systems research and its influence on policy processes in low income countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Bloom, Gerald ^b   Leach, Melissa ^b   Syed, Shamsuzzoha B ^a   Peters, David H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 38649136189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-309     Document Type: Article

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