Do evidence summaries increase policy-makers' use of evidence from systematic reviews: A systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Petkovic, Jennifer ^a,b   Welch, Vivian ^b   Tugwell, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LITERATURE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84942321051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-015-0116-1     Document Type: Article

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