Table 3 |
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Organization and establishment |
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| Characteristics |
Organizations producing CPGs (n = 31) |
Organizations producing HTAs (n = 19) |
Organizations producing CPGs and HTAs (n = 45) |
Organizations supporting government policymaking (n = 57) |
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| Type of product produced |
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| Reported also providing direct support to policymakers for developing health policy |
17 (55%) |
16 (85%) |
35 (78%) |
- |
| Reported also producing clinical practice guidelines |
- |
- |
- |
17 (30%) |
| Reported also producing HTAs |
- |
- |
- |
11 (19%) |
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| Types of services undertaken in response to requests from public policymakers* |
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| Identify primary research |
- |
- |
- |
36 (63%) |
| Identify systematic reviews of research |
- |
- |
- |
31 (54%) |
| Identify clinical practice guidelines, HTAs or other prescriptive research-based documents |
- |
- |
- |
24 (42%) |
| Undertake short-term research projects |
- |
- |
- |
45 (79%) |
| Undertake systematic reviews of research |
- |
- |
- |
38 (67%) |
| Commission systematic reviews of research |
- |
- |
- |
17 (30%) |
| Either undertake systematic reviews of research or commission systematic reviews of
research |
- |
- |
- |
41 (72%) |
| Convene expert meetings to discuss available research |
- |
- |
- |
47 (82%) |
| Other |
- |
- |
- |
18 (32%) |
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| Type of organization |
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| Academic institution |
7 (23%) |
7 (37%) |
11 (24%) |
21 (37%) |
| Disease-specific association |
1 (3%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (2%) |
0 (0%) |
| Professional association |
14 (45%) |
2 (11%) |
4 (9%) |
3 (5%) |
| Government agency |
9 (29%) |
12 (63%) |
22 (49%) |
22 (39%) |
| International agency |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
3 (7%) |
7 (12%) |
| Other |
8 (26%) |
2 (11%) |
7 (16%) |
18 (32%) |
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| Source of funding* |
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| Biomedical or other for-profit company |
7 (23%) |
1 (5%) |
6 (13%) |
6 (11%) |
| Government |
17 (55%) |
18 (95%) |
38 (84%) |
45 (79%) |
| Other |
15 (48%) |
3 (16%) |
20 (44%) |
38 (67%) |
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| Examples from other countries helpful in establishing the organization |
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| Yes |
18 (58%) |
14 (74%) |
24 (53%) |
30 (53%) |
| No |
8 (26%) |
0 (0%) |
15 (33%) |
17 (30%) |
| Not reported |
4 (13%) |
4 (21%) |
6 (13%) |
7 (12%) |
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*More than one answer was possible for the question |
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Lavis et al. Implementation Science 2008 3:54 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-54 |
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