Which health research gets used and why? An empirical analysis of 30 cases

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kok, Maarten Olivier ^a,b   Gyapong, John Owusu ^c   Wolffers, Ivan ^d   Ofori Adjei, David ^e   Ruitenberg, Joost ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Contribution mapping; Knowledge translation; Priority setting; Research impact; Research policy; Research utilization

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNDING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SCIENTIST; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

GHANA; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84969555983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0107-2     Document Type: Article

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