Supporting the use of health technology assessments in policy making about health systems

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-414

  Lavis, John N ^a,b   Wilson, Michael G ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^c,d   Haynes, R Brian ^a,e   Ouimet, Mathieu ^f,g   Raina, Parminder ^a   Gruen, Russell L ^h,i   Graham, Ian D ^c,j  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Hamilton Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^g Université Laval   (Canada)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Evidence based health care; Information dissemination; Review; systematic; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH CARE; EXPLICIT METHOD; HEALTH SYSTEMS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; PEER ASSESSMENT; PILOT TESTS; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY MAKING; SEMI-STRUCTURED; SYSTEMATIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANAGERS; RATING; TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANAGER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 78649918841     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646231000108X     Document Type: Article

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