How do government health departments in Australia access health economics advice to inform decisions for health? A survey

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Madden, Lynne ^a   King, Lesley ^b   Shiell, Alan ^c  

^a Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 65449131310     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-6-6     Document Type: Article

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