A qualitative assessment of the evidence utilization for health policy-making on the basis of SUPPORT tools in a developing country

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 457-465

  Imani Nasab, Mohammad Hasan ^a,b   Seyedin, Hesam ^b   Yazdizadeh, Bahareh ^c   Majdzadeh, Reza ^c,d  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Evidence based health policy making; Health policy making; Iran; Utilization of evidence

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IRAN; MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IRAN; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

EID: 85026820613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.158     Document Type: Article

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