A systematic review of barriers to and facilitators of the use of evidence by policymakers

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Oliver, Kathryn ^a   Innvar, Simon ^b   Lorenc, Theo ^c   Woodman, Jenny ^d   Thomas, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84893486272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-2     Document Type: Review

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