"Developing good taste in evidence": Facilitators of and hindrances to evidence-informed health policymaking in state government

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-208

  Jewell, Christopher J ^a   Bero, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Health policy; Legislation; Policymaking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAID; POLICY MAKING; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649165918     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2008.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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