Using Systematic Reviews for Evidence Based Policy Making

Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 410-418

  Muir Gray, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare decision making; Healthcare decisions; Keynesian economics; Policy makers; Public expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948845536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693926.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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