Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research

A forthcoming report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on evidence for policy is already fuelling passionate debate, especially among scientists. Opinions are divided: some scientists believe strongly in the systematic assessment of evidence on the effectiveness of health system interventions a...

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Main Authors: Meessen, Bruno, van Heteren, Godelieve, Soeters, Robert, Fritsche, Gyuri, van Damme, Wim
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Health Organization 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23225
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spelling okr-10986-232252021-04-23T14:04:13Z Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research Meessen, Bruno van Heteren, Godelieve Soeters, Robert Fritsche, Gyuri van Damme, Wim health system reform A forthcoming report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on evidence for policy is already fuelling passionate debate, especially among scientists. Opinions are divided: some scientists believe strongly in the systematic assessment of evidence on the effectiveness of health system interventions and reforms; others are skeptical. This is not just another academic debate. Health policy is a noisy field involving many stakeholders. Health reform approaches that seem promising in practice are assessed critically by institutional researchers, whose methodological dictums are sceptically received by field practitioners. 2015-12-04T19:55:37Z 2015-12-04T19:55:37Z 2012-10 Journal Article Bulletin of the World Health Organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23225 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Health Organization Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic health system reform
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Meessen, Bruno
van Heteren, Godelieve
Soeters, Robert
Fritsche, Gyuri
van Damme, Wim
Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research
description A forthcoming report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on evidence for policy is already fuelling passionate debate, especially among scientists. Opinions are divided: some scientists believe strongly in the systematic assessment of evidence on the effectiveness of health system interventions and reforms; others are skeptical. This is not just another academic debate. Health policy is a noisy field involving many stakeholders. Health reform approaches that seem promising in practice are assessed critically by institutional researchers, whose methodological dictums are sceptically received by field practitioners.
format Journal Article
author Meessen, Bruno
van Heteren, Godelieve
Soeters, Robert
Fritsche, Gyuri
van Damme, Wim
author_facet Meessen, Bruno
van Heteren, Godelieve
Soeters, Robert
Fritsche, Gyuri
van Damme, Wim
author_sort Meessen, Bruno
title Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research
title_short Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research
title_full Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research
title_fullStr Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research
title_full_unstemmed Time for Innovative Dialogue on Health Systems Research
title_sort time for innovative dialogue on health systems research
publisher World Health Organization
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23225
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