An assessment of health research impact in Iran

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yazdizadeh, Bahareh ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a,b   Janani, Leila ^c   Mohtasham, Farideh ^a   Nikooee, Sima ^a   Mousavi, Abdmohammad ^d   Najafi, Farid ^e   Atabakzadeh, Maryam ^f   Bazrafshan, Azam ^g   Zare, Morteza ^g   Karami, Manoochehr ^h  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health research system; Payback; Research impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; BIBLIOMETRICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84979284196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0129-9     Document Type: Article

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