Does more evidence lead to better policy? The implications of explicit priority-setting in New Zealand's health policy for evidence-based policy

Policy Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-207

  Tenbensel, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 8744297061     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144287012000277480     Document Type: Review

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