Dynamics of evidence-informed health policy making in Pakistan

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1449-1456

  Haq, Zaeem ^a   Hafeez, Assad ^b   Zafar, Shamsa ^b   Ghaffar, Abdul ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs   (Pakistan)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

decision making; Health policy; Pakistan; policy process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PAKISTAN; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85040695336     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx128     Document Type: Article

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