Evidence based policy making and the ‘art’ of commissioning – how English healthcare commissioners access and use information and academic research in ‘real life’ decision-making: an empirical qualitative study
Lesley Wye, Emer Brangan, Ailsa Cameron, John Gabbay, Jonathan H. Klein, Catherine Pope;Lesley Wye;Emer Brangan;Ailsa Cameron;John Gabbay;Jonathan H. Klein;Catherine Pope;
BMC health services research2015Vol. 15pp. -
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pope2015bmcevidence
Abstract
Policymakers such as English healthcare commissioners are encouraged to adopt ‘evidence-based policy-making’, with ‘evidence’ defined by researchers as academic research. To learn how academic research can influence policy, ...