Health systems and policy research evidence in health policy making in israel: What are researchers' practices in transferring knowledge to policy makers?

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ellen, Moriah E ^a,b,c   Lavis, John N ^c,d,e,f   Sharon, Assaf ^b   Shemer, Joshua ^b,g  

^a JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health systems and policy; Knowledge transfer and exchange; Researchers; Survey

Indexed keywords

CONVERSATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCIENTIST; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84964315806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-67     Document Type: Article

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