A systematic review of barriers to and facilitators of the use of evidence by policymakers
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- 3 January 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 14 (1), 2
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-2
Abstract
The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers, and assess the state of research in this area, we updated a systematic review.Keywords
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