Puzzling about problems: the ambiguous search for an evidence-based strategy for handling influx of health technology

Policy Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 367-386

  Nedlund, Ann Charlotte ^a   Garpenby, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Health technology; Policy practice; Policy style; Problem frames; Sweden

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INNOVATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84912531445     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: 15730891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-014-9198-1     Document Type: Article

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