title: Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: rationale for and challenges of guidance development.
abstract: In the first paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch and colleagues examine how guidance is currently formulated in low- and middle-income countries, and the challenges to developing such guidance.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. x.bosch@unibas.ch
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bosch-Capblanch
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Lavis
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: Rifat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Atun
authors.forename: John-Arne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Røttingen
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dröschel
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abalos
authors.forename: Fadi
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authors.lastname: El-Jardali
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gilson
authors.forename: Sandy
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authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: Kaspar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wyss
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tugwell
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kulier
authors.forename: Tikki
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authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Andy
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authors.lastname: Haines
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy