Journal article
The Use of Research Evidence in Two International Organizations' Recommendations about Health Systems.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the extent to which research evidence informs the development of recommendations by international organizations.
METHODS: We identified specific World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank recommendations on five topics (contracting, healthcare financing, health human resources, tuberculosis control and tobacco control), catalogued the related systematic reviews and assessed the recommendations to determine …
Authors
Hoffman SJ; Lavis JN; Bennett S
Journal
Healthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 66–86
Publisher
Longwoods Publishing
Publication Date
8 2009
DOI
10.12927/hcpol.2009.21005
ISSN
1715-6572