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Profile of a Consensus Development Program in Sweden: The Swedish Medical Research Council and The Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute for the Health and Social Services
Pages 125-130

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... Practicing physicians, representatives of the lay public, health care administrators, and politicians often participate. Swedish consensus development conferences have three major purposes: I
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... SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM Since 1982, the following consensus development conferences have been held: Total Hip Joint Replacement (1982) · Treatment of Myocardial Infarction (1983)
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... model quite closely, the scope is somewhat broader. In addition to the evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a technology, the Swedish conferences address health care organization, cost effectiveness, and social and ethical questions.
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... Each consensus statement contains a list of the members of the program committee, the expert speakers, and the panelists. DISSEMINATION AND IMPACT Spri publishes the consensus statements and distributes them free of charge to politicians, health care administrators, chief medical officers, and concerned health care personnel.
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... International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 4:75-88. Calltorp, J., and B
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