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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2008

Health Services Researchers Working within Healthcare Organizations: The Intriguing Sound of Three Hands Clapping.

Roger Chafe, Mark Dobrow

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Roger ChafeCancer Services and Policy Research Unit, Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Mark Dobrow

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare organizations offer a promising but complicated work environment for health services researchers. Working directly within these organizations can yield stronger connections with decision-makers, better access to organizational data and, ultimately, greater potential for research findings to influence decisions. However, there are also challenges for the researcher and the host organization related to divergent work objectives, mismatched timelines and unclear criteria for performance assessment. The authors examine the advantages and disadvantages of this research model for both the health services researcher and the decision-maker.

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PMID19377368
PMCPMC2645225

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