Policymaker experiences with rapid response briefs to address health-system and technology questions in Uganda

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mijumbi Deve, Rhona ^a   Rosenbaum, Sarah E ^b   Oxman, Andrew D ^b   Lavis, John N ^c   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPECTATION; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; UGANDA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 85018760627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-017-0200-1     Document Type: Article

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