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. 2011 Aug;8(8):e1001073.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001073. Epub 2011 Aug 16.

Building the field of health policy and systems research: framing the questions

Kabir Sheikh  1 , Lucy Gilson, Irene Akua Agyepong, Kara Hanson, Freddie Ssengooba, Sara Bennett
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Building the field of health policy and systems research: framing the questions

Kabir Sheikh et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Aug.

Abstract

In the first of a series of articles addressing the current challenges and opportunities for the development of Health Policy & Systems Research (HPSR), Kabir Sheikh and colleagues lay out the main questions vexing the field.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Health policy and systems: alternative perspectives.
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