How can we establish more successful knowledge networks in developing countries? Lessons learnt from knowledge networks in Iran

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yazdizadeh, Bahareh ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a   Alami, Ali ^b   Amrolalaei, Sima ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GONABAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health management organization; Iran; Knowledge network

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; JOINT; SOCIAL NETWORK; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84931064088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-63     Document Type: Article

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