This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. Differences between health systems may often result in a policy or programme option that is used in one setting not being feasible or ...
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. In this article, we discuss the following three questions: What is evidence? What is the role of research evidence in informing health...
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. The reliability of systematic reviews of the effects of health interventions is variable. Consequently, policymakers and others need t...
Knowing how to find and use research evidence can help policymakers and those who support them to do their jobs better and more efficiently. Each article in this series presents a proposed tool that can be used by those involved in finding and using research evidence to support evidenceinformed health po...
Une fois qu?une décision en matière de politique est prise, le défi suivant consiste à traduire la position de principe en mesures concrètes. Ainsi, quelles stratégies permettraient de faciliter une mise en oeuvre efficace, et que sait-on de leur efficacité? Nous proposons cinq questions que les r...
Clinical research has led to spectacular developments in health care. It has provided us
with knowledge about how to prevent diseases, like heart disease, how to reduce the
consequences of disease, such as complications of diabetes, and to alleviate symptoms,
such as those of lung disease, and how to reh...
