Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence - Executive Summary

AHRQ Publication No. 14-EHC007-1-EF, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2013

24 Pages Posted: 27 Feb 2018 Last revised: 2 Mar 2018

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Kristin Carman

American Institutes for Research

Maureen Maurer

American Institutes for Research

Coretta Mallery

American Institutes for Research

Grace Wang

American Institutes for Research

Steven Garfinkel

American Institutes for Research

Jennifer Richmond

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill

Dierdre Gilmore

American Institutes for Research

Amy Windham

American Institutes for Research

Manshu Yang

American Institutes for Research

Rikki Mangrum

American Institutes for Research

Jessica Fernandez

University of Maryland

Mark Rosenberg

American Institutes for Research

Allison Fratto

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Students

Marge Ginsburg

Center for Healthcare Decisions

Shoshanna Sofaer

CUNY Baruch College

Marthe Gold

Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York

Ela Pathak-Sen

Government of the United Kingdom - National Health Service (NHS)

Todd Davies

Stanford University - Symbolic Systems Program; Center for the Study of Language and Information

Alice Siu

Center for Deliberative Democracy

James Fishkin

Stanford University

Date Written: November 1, 2013

Abstract

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Community Forum, initiated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), has as its goal to improve and expand public and stakeholder engagement in AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. A primary area of focus for the Community Forum is to advance methods for obtaining input from the general public.

The report describes the results of the Deliberative Methods Demonstration, a randomized controlled trial comparing deliberative methods with one another and with a control intervention. The primary aims of the Demonstration were to:

• Inform AHRQ research programs on public views regarding the use of research evidence in health care decisionmaking by obtaining informed public input on questions regarding appropriate and acceptable ways to use evidence that are central to the mission of AHRQ’s research programs.

• Expand the evidence base on public deliberation by evaluating whether public deliberation is an effective and useful way to obtain informed public input for U.S. health care research, as well as identifying a feasible set of choices among deliberative methods.

Keywords: Public deliberation, Public engagement, Citizens' jury, Public opinion, Evidence-based medicine, Comparative effectiveness research, United States

JEL Classification: I18, D70

Suggested Citation

Carman, Kristin and Maurer, Maureen and Mallery, Coretta and Wang, Grace and Garfinkel, Steven and Richmond, Jennifer and Gilmore, Dierdre and Windham, Amy and Yang, Manshu and Mangrum, Rikki and Fernandez, Jessica and Rosenberg, Mark and Fratto, Allison and Ginsburg, Marge and Sofaer, Shoshanna and Gold, Marthe and Pathak-Sen, Ela and Davies, Todd R. and Siu, Alice and Fishkin, James, Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence - Executive Summary (November 1, 2013). AHRQ Publication No. 14-EHC007-1-EF, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3123902 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3123902

Kristin Carman

American Institutes for Research ( email )

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Maureen Maurer

American Institutes for Research ( email )

1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Coretta Mallery

American Institutes for Research ( email )

1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Grace Wang

American Institutes for Research ( email )

1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Steven Garfinkel

American Institutes for Research ( email )

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Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Jennifer Richmond

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill ( email )

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Dierdre Gilmore

American Institutes for Research ( email )

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Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Amy Windham

American Institutes for Research ( email )

1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Manshu Yang

American Institutes for Research ( email )

1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Rikki Mangrum

American Institutes for Research ( email )

1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Jessica Fernandez

University of Maryland ( email )

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United States

Mark Rosenberg

American Institutes for Research ( email )

1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1107
United States

Allison Fratto

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Students ( email )

Evanston, IL
United States

Marge Ginsburg

Center for Healthcare Decisions ( email )

Sacramento, CA
United States

Shoshanna Sofaer

CUNY Baruch College ( email )

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New York, NY 10021
United States

Marthe Gold

Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York ( email )

Convert Avenue at 138th Street
New York, NY 10031
United States

Ela Pathak-Sen

Government of the United Kingdom - National Health Service (NHS) ( email )

London, SW1A 2NS
United Kingdom

Todd R. Davies (Contact Author)

Stanford University - Symbolic Systems Program ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305-2150
United States

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Center for the Study of Language and Information ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305-4115
United States

Alice Siu

Center for Deliberative Democracy ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305-2050
United States

James Fishkin

Stanford University ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305
United States

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