Evidence based policy making and the 'art' of commissioning - How English healthcare commissioners access and use information and academic research in 'real life' decision-making: An empirical qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wye, Lesley ^a   Brangan, Emer ^a   Cameron, Ailsa ^a   Gabbay, John ^b   Klein, Jonathan H ^b   Pope, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioner; Evidence; Evidence based policy making; Information seeking; Research

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONSULTANTS; CONTRACT SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84942465685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1091-x     Document Type: Article

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