A modelling tool for policy analysis to support the design of efficient and effective policy responses for complex public health problems

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Atkinson, Jo An ^a   Page, Andrew ^b   Wells, Robert ^a   Milat, Andrew ^c   Wilson, Andrew ^a  

^a SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SUICIDE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84928712526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0221-5     Document Type: Article

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