Soviet legacy is still pervasive in health policy and systems research in the post-Soviet states

Using mixed methods – secondary data analysis, desk review and in-depth interviews – this qualitative study is exploratory and explanatory. The findings showed that most research and development funding is allocated to fundamental sciences and biomedical research – fields with more influential long-standing institutional legacies. The low volume and poor quality of published HPSR research appears to be adversely affecting the credibility of researchers in this field in the eyes of critical beneficiaries – policy makers, who do not prioritise and advocate for funding of HPSR.

a:1:{i:0;s:36:"https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3142121";}

Gotsadze, G, and Akaki Z. Soviet legacy is still pervasive in health policy and systems research in the post-Soviet states. Public Health Res Pract. 31(4):e3142121 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3142121