Table 6

People involved in producing a product or delivering a service

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

Average number of members in a CPG or HTA development panel

1–5 full time equivalents (FTE)
17 (55%)
11 (58%)
23 (51%)
-

6–10 FTE
9 (29%)
5 (26%)
11 (24%)
-

11–15 FTE
2 (6%)
0 (0%)
5 (11%)
-

16–20 FTE
1 (3%)
1 (5%)
1 (2%)
-

> 20 FTE
2 (6%)
1 (5%)
3(7%)
-

Not reported
1 (3%)
1 (5%)
1 (2%)
-

Average number of staff involved in service delivery

< 0.5 full time equivalents (FTE)
-
-
-
8 (14%)

0.5 – 1.9 FTE
-
-
-
6 (11%)

> 2 FTE
-
-
-
37 (65%)

Types of experts/stakeholders who were always involved*

Information/library science
19 (61%)
16 (84%)
27 (60%)
29 (51%)

Clinical epidemiology
21 (68%)
14 (74%)
32 (71%)
24 (42%)

Biostatistics
3 (10%)
6 (32%)
17 (38%)
23 (40%)

Health economics
5 (16%)
10 (53%)
17 (38%)
24 (42%)

Other types of social scientists
4 (13%)
4 (21%)
12 (27%)
23 (40%)

Knowledge transfer/communications
10 (32%)
8 (42%)
21 (47%)
24 (42%)

Consumer
9 (29%)
3 (16%)
17 (38%)
15 (26%)

Other
7 (23%)
9 (47%)
13 (29%)
15 (26%)

Types of experts/stakeholders who were involved only if necessary*

Information/library science
10 (32%)
2 (11%)
13 (29%)
22 (39%)

Clinical epidemiology
8 (26%)
4 (21%)
11 (24%)
22 (39%)

Biostatistics
16 (52%)
12 (63%)
19 (42%)
26 (46%)

Health economics
15 (48%)
9 (47%)
23 (51%)
26 (46%)

Other types of social scientists
14 (45%)
15 (79%)
26 (58%)
24 (42%)

Knowledge transfer/communications
8 (26%)
8 (42%)
9 (20%)
23 (40%)

Consumer
12 (39%)
11 (58%)
11 (24%)
24 (42%)

Other
2 (6%)
4 (21%)
3 (7%)
5 (9%)

Involvement of target users in product development or service delivery

By participation in development/delivery group
25 (81%)
11 (58%)
33 (73%)
-

By survey of views/preferences
9 (29%)
2 (11%)
18 (40%)
-

By review of draft product or service model
22 (71%)
9 (47%)
32 (71%)
-

No
0 (0%)
3 (16%)
3 (7%)


Not reported
0 (0%)
2 (11%)
1 (2%)
-

Involvement of consumers (patients or general public) in product development or service delivery

By participation in development group
12 (39%)
3 (16%)
16 (36%)
25 (44%)

By survey of views/preferences
9 (29%)
2 (11%)
14 (31%)
31 (54%)

By review of draft guideline (or HTA)
14 (45%)
5 (26%)
23 (51%)
17 (30%)

No
10 (32%)
9 (47%)
13 (29%)
15 (26%)

Not reported
1 (3%)
2 (11%)
1 (2%)
1 (2%)

Criteria used in expert and/or target user selection*

Geographic balance
21 (68%)
7 (37%)
18 (40%)
-

Gender balance
8 (26%)
2 (11%)
8 (18%)
-

Other
18 (58%)
11 (58%)
25 (56%)
-

*More than one answer was possible for the question

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

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