'Doing' health policy analysis: Methodological and conceptual reflections and challenges

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 308-317

  Walt, Gill ^a   Shiffman, Jeremy ^b   Schneider, Helen ^c   Murray, Susan F ^d   Brugha, Ruairi ^e   Gilson, Lucy ^a,c,f  

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

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health policy; Methodology; Policy analysis; Process

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 49749089637     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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