Does access to a demand-led evidence briefing service improve uptake and use of research evidence by health service commissioners? A controlled before and after study

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wilson, Paul M ^a   Farley, Kate ^b   Bickerdike, Liz ^c   Booth, Alison ^c   Chambers, Duncan ^d   Lambert, Mark ^e   Thompson, Carl ^b   Turner, Rhiannon ^f   Watt, Ian S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SCIENTIST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 85012939115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0545-4     Document Type: Article

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