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Profile of a Consensus Development Program in Canada: The Canadian Research Group
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... The program obtains funding through peer review grant applications and not in connection with any ongoing program funds. The cost of conducting the consensus development exercises is approximately $70,000-$ ~ 00,000 (Canadian)
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... FORMAT AND CONDUCT OF THE PROCESS The entire consensus development process takes 6 to 15 months, depending on the urgency and the availability of staff and research funds. During the first stage, the researchers identify priority areas by analyzing existing administrative data sets in health care.
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... The research group is currently conducting a large randomized controlled trial to evaluate different ways to assess the value of two alternative implementation strategies for consensus recommendations in community hospitals. One strategy involves local educational influentials (individuals identified by their local colleagues)
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