A time-responsive tool for informing policy making: Rapid realist review

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Saul, Jessie E ^a,b   Willis, Cameron D ^a,c,d   Bitz, Jennifer ^e   Best, Allan ^c,f  

^a InSource Research Group   (Canada)

^b North American Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e InSource Research Group   (Canada)

^f InSource Research Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence synthesis; Health policy; Rapid review; Realist review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TIME;

CONSENSUS; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883461511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-103     Document Type: Article

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