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Aims and scope
Health Research Policy and Systems covers all aspects of the organisation and use of health research – including agenda setting, building health research capacity, and how research as a whole benefits decision makers, practitioners in health and related fields, and society at large.
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How frequently should “living” guidelines be updated? Insights from the Australian Living Stroke Guidelines
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Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a coproduction approach to transdisciplinary working
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The influence of the National Health Insurance scheme of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on healthcare access and catastrophic health expenditures for patients with chronic renal disease, and the possibility of integrating organ transplantation into the health financing system
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Open science at the science–policy interface: bringing in the evidence?
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The utilisation of health research in policy-making: concepts, examples and methods of assessment
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The role of NGOs in global health research for development
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The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking?
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The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world: what they fund and how they distribute their funds
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How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement
Featured article
Health Research Policy and Systems (2018) 16:4
The authors aim to identify the top priority issues that impede the conduct, reporting and use of economic evaluation as well as potential solutions as an input for future research topics by the international Decision Support Initiative and other movements.
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Editors-in-Chief
Fadi El-Jardali, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Tari Turner, Monash University, Australia
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Call for papers
We are delighted to announce a Call for Papers for our new thematic series on "The role of the health research system during the COVID-19 epidemic: experiences, challenges and future vision". This will focus on the role of health research systems in the control and management of COVID-19, so that the experiences of countries can be shared with each other and the lessons learned are accessible to all. More details can be found here.
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173 days from submission to acceptance
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3.351 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.540 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
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