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Table 2 Case descriptions and the length of the video documentaries

From: Evidence-informed health policy 4 – Case descriptions of organizations that support the use of research evidence

Case

Brief description

Length

(minutes: seconds)

Weblinks

 

A short introduction to the eight case descriptions

1:30

AF 4-1

REACH Policy Initiative, East Africa

An initiative to create a multi-national unit that will act as a bridge between research and policy in the East African Community (comprising Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda)

8:26

AF 4-2

Thailand

A constellation of research units that informed the development and evaluated the implementation of Thailand's nascent universal health insurance program, known popularly as the 30 Baht scheme

7:46

AF 4-3

Free State, South Africa

A set of long term relationships between provincial policy-makers and researchers and the tensions that can arise in these relationships

9:55

AF 4-4

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australia and South Africa

An evidence-based drug assessment and pricing scheme in Australia and South Africa

9:18

AF 4–5

Philippines

An initiative to address conflicts of interest and inequity in the production of clinical practice guidelines

9:01

AF 4–6

Chile

An initiative to use clinical practice guidelines to make the best use of scarce resources

7:48

AF 4–7

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), United Kingdom

A unit producing guidelines and health technology assessments with a new focus on producing evidence-based pubic health guidelines to address health inequalities

6:12

AF 4–8

Mexico

A comprehensive effort to draw on research evidence to inform the development, implementation and evaluation of the new health insurance scheme

8:41

AF 4–9