How Can We Support the Use of Systematic Reviews in Policymaking?
Open Access
- 17 November 2009
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 6 (11) , e1000141
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000141
Abstract
John Lavis discusses how health policymakers and their stakeholders need research evidence, and the best ways evidence can be synthesized and packaged to optimize its use.Keywords
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