The effectiveness of evidence summaries on health policymakers and health system managers use of evidence from systematic reviews: A systematic review

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Petkovic, Jennifer ^a,b   Welch, Vivian ^b   Jacob, Maria Helena ^b   Yoganathan, Manosila ^b   Ayala, Ana Patricia ^c   Cunningham, Heather ^c   Tugwell, Peter ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence summaries; Policymakers; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MANAGER; ORGANIZATION; REGISTRATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LITERATURE; MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85003429914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0530-3     Document Type: Review

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