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[Prioritization and Consentation of Criteria for the Appraisal, Funding and Evaluation of Projects from the German
J Schmitt1, T Petzold1, G Nellessen-Martens2
1Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Gesundheitsversorgung (ZEGV) Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden.
Background:
The German Innovationsfonds provides the chance for evidence-based developments of the German healthcare system.
Objective:
Prioritization of recommendations for an effective, efficient, fair, transparent, and sustainable granting of funds through a transparent, evidence-driven consensus-process involving all relevant stakeholder groups.
Methods:
Representatives from health and research policy, payers, patient representatives, healthcare providers, and scientists were invited to nominate participants for an electronic 3 round iterative Delphi-study to prioritize the thematic focus, requirements concerning study methods, the team of applicants, evaluation, utilization of study results, and for the selection of reviewers. Criteria considered as relevant by at least 60% of the panel (consensus definition) in the first 2 Delphi rounds were rated as facultative, preferable, or obligatory criteria for project funding. Data were analyzed descriptively. (
Registration:
Datenbank Versorgungsforschung Deutschland VfD_15_003561).
Results:
All invited stakeholder groups except payers participated. 34 (85%) of 40 nominated representatives participated in the Delphi-study. A total of 64 criteria were consented as relevant for project review and funding concerning the thematic focus (n=28), methodological requirements (n=13), requirements for applicants (n=4), for the evaluation (n=4), utilization (n=6), and selection of peer reviewers (n=9).
Discussion:
It is the collective responsibility of all stakeholders to spend the designated funds as efficient and sustainable as possible. The consented recommendations shall serve decision makers as a resource for the granting of funds and the evaluation of the Innovationsfonds.
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