Barriers and facilitators to uptake of systematic reviews by policy makers and health care managers: A scoping review

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tricco, Andrea C ^a,b   Cardoso, Roberta ^a   Thomas, Sonia M ^a   Motiwala, Sanober ^a   Sullivan, Shannon ^a   Kealey, Michael R ^a,b   Hemmelgarn, Brenda ^c   Ouimet, Mathieu ^d   Hillmer, Michael P ^e,f   Perrier, Laure ^e   Shepperd, Sasha ^g   Straus, Sharon E ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Determinants of knowledge uptake; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MANAGER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAXONOMY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84953855640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0370-1     Document Type: Article

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