ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2009
The Use of Research Evidence in Two International Organizations' Recommendations about Health Systems.
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- Institutionalising an evidence-informed approach to guideline development: progress and challenges at the World Health Organization.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- Examining the use of health systems and policy research in the health policymaking process in Israel: views of researchers.Health research policy and systems · 2016Article
- Health systems guidance appraisal--a critical interpretive synthesis.Implementation science : IS · 2016Review
- Views of health system policymakers on the role of research in health policymaking in Israel.Israel journal of health policy research · 2016Article
- Simple calculator to estimate the medical cost of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa.World journal of diabetes · 2015Article
- Overview of systematic reviews on the health-related effects of government tobacco control policies.BMC public health · 2015Review
- Evidence to inform intersectoral policies: a comparison of health and transport sector evidence in support of road traffic injury prevention.Health research policy and systems · 2015Article
- Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: linking guidance development to policy development.PLoS medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the extent to which research evidence informs the development of recommendations by international organizations.
methodsWe identified specific World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank recommendations on five topics (contracting, healthcare financing, health human resources, tuberculosis control and tobacco control), catalogued the related systematic reviews and assessed the recommendations to determine their consistency with the systematic reviews that were available at the time of their formulation.
findingsOnly two of the eight publications examined were found to cite systematic reviews, and only five of 14 WHO and two of seven World Bank recommendations were consistent with both the direction and nature of effect claims from systematic reviews. Ten of 14 WHO and five of seven World Bank recommendations were consistent with the direction of effect claims only.
conclusionWHO and the World Bank - working with donor agencies and national governments - can improve their use of (or at least, their reporting about their use of) research evidence. Decision-makers and clinicians should critically evaluate the quality and local applicability of recommendations from any source, including international organizations, prior to their implementation.
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