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Profile of a Consensus Development Program in the United Kingdom: The King's Fund Forum
Pages 131-136

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... The King's Fund is an independent charitable organization concerned with the development of health services, management training, and policy analysis in the heady care arena. The independence of the Fund allows the consensus development program to bring together a wide variety of individuals from different organizations to work together and speak freely on medical technology assessment.
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... SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM The King's Fund established the consensus development program specifically to investigate the applicability of the format of a consensus development conference for different topics in health care; therefore, the program has included clinical, public health, and social policy issues (Table I)
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From page 133...
... The search includes a computer search; interviews; literature review; and discussions with leading experts, policy institutes, the Department of Health, etc. The King's Fund staff and the planning group choose the 12person panel to provide a broad range of expertise.
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... DOCUMENTATION AND USE OF EVIDENCE IN CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT The King's Fund Fora staff assembles the information for the consensus development process. Initially, the staff conducts computer searches and wide-ranging literature reviews, along with interviews of experts and other knowledgeable people, to identify major issues and controversies.
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From page 135...
... The conference organizers try to provide an objective consumer view based on available scientific research. The consensus statements do not cite references.
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... TABLE 2 Evaluation Activities in Relation to King's Fund Fora Program Program Aspect Evaluation Activity Consensus meeting procedure Role of consumers Intemational comparison Review of impact After all conferences the panel, speakers, and audience are surveyed as part of the regular monitoring and development of the program. Following the breast cancer conference, the role of the consumer in a consensus development conference and the accessibility of the statement to the public were reviewed.
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