Who needs what from a national health research system:Lessons from reforms to the English Department of Health's R&D system

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hanney, Stephen ^a   Kuruvilla, Shyama ^b   Soper, Bryony ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH RESEARCH SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONEY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952044680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-11     Document Type: Review

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