Imbalances in funding for clinical and public health research in the UK: Can NICE research recommendations make a difference?

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-369

  Chalkidou, Kalipso ^a   Culyer, Anthony ^b,d   Littlejohns, Peter ^c   Doyle, Nick ^c   Hoy, Andrew ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; NICE; Public health; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049111101     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426408X366667     Document Type: Article

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