Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sponsorship and role of consensus development programs within national health care systems / Itzhak Jacoby
  • Topic and scope of consensus development conferences : criteria and approach for selection of topics and properties for assessment / Tore Scherstén
  • Documentation and use of evidence in the consensus conference process / Gérard Breart
  • Format and conduct of consensus development conferences : a multination comparison / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Jacqueline Kosecoff, and Robert H. Brook
  • Dissemination and impact of consensus developmentstatements / Arnold D. Kaluzny
  • Profile of a consensus development program in Canada : the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination / Renaldo N. Battista.
  • Profile of a consensus development program in Canada : the Canadian Research Group / Jonathan Lomas
  • Profile of the consensus development program in Denmark : the Danish Medical Research Council and the Danish Hospital Institute / Torben Jørgensen
  • Profile of the consensus development program in Finland : the Medical Research Council of The Academy of Finland / Anna-Liisa Kauppila
  • Profile of the consensus development program in The Netherlands : National Organization for Quality Assurance in Hospitals (CBO) / Niek S. Klazinga, Anton F. Casparie, and J.J.E. van Everdingen
  • Profile of the consensus development program in Norway : The Norwegian Institute for Hospital Research and The National Research Council / Bjørn Backe.
  • Profile of the consensus development program in Sweden : The Swedish Medical Research Council and The Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute for the Health and Social Services / Stefan Håkansson and Ingemar Eckerlund
  • Profile of the consensus development program in the United Kingdom : the King's Fund Forum / Jackie Spiby
  • Profile of the consensus development program in the United States : the National Institutes of Health Office of Medical Applications of Research / Sharon R. Baratz.