SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed policymaking in health 11: Finding and using evidence about local conditions

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Lewin, Simon ^a,b   Oxman, Andrew D ^a   Lavis, John N ^c   Fretheim, Atle ^a,d   Marti, Sebastian G ^e   Munabi Babigumira, Susan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION; INTROSPECTION;

EID: 73149097213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-S1-S11     Document Type: Article

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