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This module examines the health policy development and in particular the functions of health policy analysis in the policy-making process. The module starts with a short overview of the historical background of policy analysis, which shows that the aim of policy analysis, today as in the past, has been to provide policymakers with information that...
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... Decisions are essentially based on 'common knowledge' rather than a comprehensive set of data that has been systematically collected. Central Agencies in Malaysia depend on each other for information (Omar, 1980). This implies that there is often controversy among Central Agencies and even among departments within the same Agency regarding the relevance, accuracy and sufficiency of information. ...
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