Open AccessEvidence-based policy-making in the NHS: exploring the interface between research and the commissioning process
Author(s) -
Ursula Harries,
H. A. Elliott,
Alan Higgins
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/21.1.29
Subject(s) - blueprint , public relations , project commissioning , purchasing , qualitative research , process (computing) , health policy , documentation , publishing , political science , sociology , medicine , business , nursing , public health , marketing , computer science , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , law , programming language , operating system
The UK National Health Service (NHS) R&D strategy acknowledges the importance of developing an NHS where practice and policy is more evidence-based. This paper is based on a qualitative study which aimed to identify factors which facilitate or impede evidence-based policy-making at a local level in the NHS.