Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: linking guidance development to policy development

John N Lavis; John-Arne Røttingen; Xavier Bosch-Capblanch; Rifat Atun; Fadi El-Jardali; Lucy Gilson; Simon Lewin; Sandy Oliver; Pierre Ongolo-Zogo; Andy Haines

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001186

Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: linking guidance development to policy development

PLoS Med. 2012;9(3):e1001186. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001186. Epub 2012 Mar 13.

Authors

John N Lavis¹, John-Arne Røttingen, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Rifat Atun, Fadi El-Jardali, Lucy Gilson, Simon Lewin, Sandy Oliver, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Andy Haines

Affiliation

¹ McMaster Health Forum, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. lavisj@mcmaster.ca

Abstract

In the second paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, John Lavis and colleagues explore the challenge of linking guidance development and policy development at global and national levels.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Health Policy*
Policy Making*