Using rapid reviews to strengthen health policy and systems and progress towards universal health coverage

Etienne V Langlois¹, Sharon E Straus^{2

3}, Jesmin Antony³, Valerie J King⁴, Andrea C Tricco^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
⁵ Epidemiology Division, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada.

Etienne V Langlois et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 5;4(1):e001178.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001178. eCollection 2019.

Etienne V Langlois¹, Sharon E Straus^{2

3}, Jesmin Antony³, Valerie J King⁴, Andrea C Tricco^{3

5}

¹ Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
⁵ Epidemiology Division, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: evidence synthesis; health policy; health systems; rapid reviews; universal health coverage.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors of this paper are editors of the Rapid Reviews to Strengthen Health Policy and Systems: a Practical Guide.

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