Milbank Quarterly June 2014 Volume 92, Issue 2, pages 319–350
- There is little guidance based on evaluative research regarding how patients and the public can be effectively involved in health decisions at the population level.
- This article describes key ingredients likely to affect public members’ ability to deliberate productively with professionals and influence collective health care choices (as opposed to individual patient involvement in clinical decision making).
- Participants (Public members n = 83 ; Professionals n = 89) from Health and Social Services Centers in Canada were asked to select health care improvement priorities from a list of 37 validated quality indicators for chronic disease prevention and management in primary care.
- At the end of the trial, the priorities established with public involvement were significantly different from those selected by the professionals alone.
- This figure illustrates the 6 key components of a public involvement intervention .
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