Table 4

Age, budget and production profile

Characteristics
Organizations producing
CPGs
(n = 31)
Organizations producing
HTAs
(n = 19)
Organizations producing
CPGs and HTAs
(n = 45)
Organizations supporting government policymaking
(n = 57)



n
Median
Range
n
Median
Range
n
Median
Range
n
Median
Range

Median years since began production/service
28
9
2 to 27
18
8
3 to 20
44
7
1 to 27
55
10
0 to 94

Median annual budget (in US dollars)
26
368,275
500 to 15,000,000
16
875,000
125,000 to 21,600,000
38
700,000
5,000 to 40,000,000
41
692,000
1,200 to 51,000,000

Median number of CPGs or HTAs produced per year
31
3
0.5 to 500
17
7
2 to 45
42
7
1 to 300
-
-
-

Median time for production of a CPG or HTA (in months)
31
15
0.3 to 33
17
12
4 to 36
41
10
0.3 to 30
-
-
-

Lavis et al. Implementation Science 2008 3:54   doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-54

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