Looking for interaction: Quantitative measurement of research utilization by Dutch local health officials

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Goede, Joyce ^a,b   van Bon Martens, Marja J H ^a,c   Putters, Kim ^d   van Oers, Hans A M ^a,e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Public Health Service West Brabant   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Public Health Service Hart voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MANDATORY REPORTING; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84857970823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-10-9     Document Type: Article

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