Research policy

World Report on Knowledge for Better Health

Tables

  • 1.1 Regional disparities in selected health indicators
  • 1.2 Suggested topics for health systems research and their potential to affect MDGs
  • 1.3 Research priorities in noncommunicable diseases
  • 2.1 Out-of-pocket health payments, catastrophic payments and impoverishment, 59 countries, various years 1991–2000
  • 2.2 Availability of death registration data in WHO regions
  • 2.3 Barriers and challenges to improving service delivery identified in reviews of major initiatives
  • 2.4 Some reasons for neglect of health systems research
  • 2.5 Research priorities in health systems financing
  • 3.1 Summary of the functions and operational components of health research systems
  • 4.1 Conflicting interests of policy-makers and researchers
  • 4.2 Potential barriers to the uptake of evidence by health professionals
  • 5.1 Action plan overview
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Table of contents

  1. Message from the Director-General
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Executive Summary
  4. Chapter 1: Learning To Improve Health
  5. Chapter 2: Towards A Scientific Basis For Health Systems
  6. Chapter 3: Strengthening Health Research Systems
  7. Chapter 4: Linking Research To Action
  8. Chapter 5: Recommendations And Action Plan
  9. Glossary Of Terms
  10. Information Sources
  11. Sources for interesting numbers
  12. Abbreviations
  13. Tables
  14. Figures
  15. Boxes
  16. Report contributors