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Profile of a Consensus Development Program in Denmark: The Danish Medical Research Council and The Danish Hospital Institute
Profile of a Consensus Development Program in Denmark: The Danish Medical Research Council and The Danish Hospital Institute
Pages 96-101
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The Medical Research Council and the Danish Hospital Institute have been the main sponsors of the program, although additional public and private funds have also supported the program. At present there are two consensus development conferences per year.
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The previous conferences were as follows: November 1983 December 1985 September 1986 April 1987 October 1988 January 1989 Early Detection of Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment of Dental Caries Cholesterol and Ischemic Heart Disease Secretory Otitis Media (Glue Ear) Physical Training and Health Senile Dementia.
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The Planning Phase Dunng the first phase, the planning committee formulates the main questions of the conference and selects the expert group and the questioning panel. The expert group consists of 12-~-6 professionals, mainly medical doctors, but also includes nurses, sociologists, psychologists, and economists who are working with the technology or the health problem to be assessed.
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Other participants are given a shorter amount of time to raise questions and to provide comments. In the afternoon, evening, and night of the second day, the questioning panel meets in a closed session to discuss the issues at hand and to formulate the consensus statement.
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Many other factors influence decision making and the dissemination of information to health planners, although we do believe that the consensus conferences have had some impact. For example, the statement from the conference on Early Detection of Breast Cancer, which was held in November 1983, could not recommend general mammography screening, as the pane} did not find evidence of clinical efficacy.
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for some of these conferences. Prior to the consensus conference these individuals attend two weekend seminars to learn about the topic under consideration.
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