Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-ndw9j Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-15T18:57:21.249Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Evluation of The Consensus Conference Program in Sweden: its Impact on Physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Monica Johnsson
Monica Johnsson
Affiliation:
Swedish Medical Research Council
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The impact of consensus conferences on physicians was studied in 1985 for the first four conferences Sweden held in 1982–1985. For each conference a main target group was defined as hospital-based physicians in supervisory positions within relevant clinics. Data were collected through a postal survey of all 1,668 members of the four different target groups. The total response rate was 86%. Reported awareness of a particular consensus conference as well as professed knowledge of a single conference statement was high—roughly 90%—for all four conferences. The consensus statement evoked changes in clinical practice according to 7%–10% of the respondents and changes were proportionally higher for physicians in smaller hospitals. Most of the respondents (61%–83%) reported no change, claiming that the consensus statement reflected clinical practices established prior to the conference. The validity of self-reported data is discussed.

Type
Special Section: Technology Assessment and the Alteration of Medical Practices
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 89 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Berfenstam, R., Carlsson, G., & Werkö, L.Konsensuskonferensers roll och effekter. Stockholm: Medicinska forskningsrådet, Spri, 1986.Google Scholar
Calltorp, J.Konsensuskonferenser i Sverige. Stockholm: Medicinska forskningsrådet, Spri, 1986.Google Scholar
Jacoby, I.The consensus development program of NIH. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1985, 1, 420–32.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Johnsson, M.Medicinskt handlande bland läkare. Stockholm: Medicinska forskningsrådet, 1986.Google Scholar