Research synthesis and dissemination as a bridge to knowledge management: The Cochrane Collaboration

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 778-783

  Volmink, Jimmy ^a   Siegfried, Nandi ^b   Robertson, Katharine ^a   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Databases, Factual history utilization; Delivery of health care; Evidence based medicine; Information dissemination; Research; Review literature

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; META-ANALYSIS; PERIODICALS;

EID: 7644220696     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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