The Role of Economic Evidence in Formulation of Public Policy and Practice

Evidence-Based Decisions and Economics: Health Care, Social Welfare, Education and Criminal Justice, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 43-55

  Byford, Sarah ^a   Barrett, Barbara ^a   Dubourg, Richard ^b   Francis, Jennifer ^c   Sisk, Jane ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

^c SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime and justice role of economic evidence; Economic techniques to evaluation of criminal justice interventions; Health care role of economic evidence; Health economic studies from international databases of abstracts; Low and middle income countries role of economic evidence; Role of economic evidence in formulation of public policy and practice; Social care planning and delivery of services; Social care role of economic evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886448728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444320398.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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