Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries: A survey of health care providers

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Guindon, G Emmanuel ^a,b   Lavis, John N ^a,b,c   Becerra Posada, Francisco ^d   Malek Afzali, Hossein ^e   Shi, Guang ^f   Yesudian, C Ashok K ^g   Hoffman, Steven J ^c,h  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Tehran University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Mexico)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^g TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLICY MAKING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77953592156     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081165     Document Type: Article

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