The use of evidence in public governmental reports on health policy: an analysis of 17 Norwegian official reports (NOU)
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- 28 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 9 (1), 177
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-177
Abstract
Governments increasingly require policy documents to be evidence-based. This paper analyses the use of scientific evidence in such documents by reviewing reports from government-appointed committees in Norway to assess the committees' handling of questions of effect.Keywords
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