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Investigators at University of Toronto, Department of Health Policy have published new data on cancer epidemiology

Published in Managed Care Business Week, January 2nd, 2007

Research findings, "The impact of context on evidence utilization: a framework for expert groups developing health policy recommendations," are discussed in a new report. "Should the same evidence lead to the same decision outcomes in different decision-making contexts' In order to improve comprehension of this issue, this study considers how context influences evidence utilization in the development of health policy recommendations. We used an embedded multiple case study design to study how four expert groups formulated policy recommendations for breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening in Ontario, Canada," scientists writing in the journal Social Science &...

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