Um dos principais desafios das políticas de saúde é promover o uso sistemático
de evidências científicas na sua formulação e implementação. Esse desafio é ainda
mais significativo em países como o Brasil, onde os resultados das políticas de saúde
são condicionados também por fatores socio...
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 address the issue of decision making in situations in which there is insufficient evidence at hand. Policymakers o...
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 ...
In this article, we address the use of evidence to inform judgements about the balance between the pros and cons of policy and programme options. We suggest five questions that can be considered when making these judgements. These are: 1. What are the options that are being compared? 2. What are the most...