Yes, research can inform health policy; but can we bridge the 'Do-Knowing It's Been Done' gap?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Political and institutional influences on the use of evidence in public health policy. A systematic review.PloS one · 2013
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2. The positioning of policy documents in the field of health policy and systems research.Health research policy and systems · 2025
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3. The scope and sustainability of, and data about, utilization of embedded research: qualitative evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2024
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4. The making of evidence-informed health policy in Cambodia: knowledge, institutions and processes.BMJ global health · 2018
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5. The development of ORACLe: a measure of an organisation's capacity to engage in evidence-informed health policy.Health research policy and systems · 2016
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6. Adoption of routine telemedicine in Norway: the current picture.Global health action · 2014
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7. Channeling health economics research initiatives to improve decision-making processes in the EU.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2013
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8. Impact of clinical and health services research projects on decision-making: a qualitative study.Health research policy and systems · 2013
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9. Exploring the uptake and framing of research evidence on universal screening for intimate partner violence against women: a knowledge translation case study.Health research policy and systems · 2013
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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