Use of health systems evidence by policymakers in eastern mediterranean countries: Views, practices, and contextual influences

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  El Jardali, Fadi ^a,b   Lavis, John N ^b,c,d   Ataya, Nour ^a   Jamal, Diana ^a   Ammar, Walid ^a   Raouf, Saned ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean region; Evidence to policy; Health systems research; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84866408246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-200     Document Type: Review

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