Meanings of patient representatives in English

Drug industry and patient representatives said the report's findings were worrying.

Partners include patient representatives and specialists in genetics and primary care from six countries.

Each of the teams sent to review the 14 hospitals included at least one junior doctor, student nurse and patient representatives.

Methods: ASH formed a multidisciplinary guideline panel that included 2 patient representatives and was balanced to minimize potential bias from conflicts of interest.

Methods: A descriptive design was used for this research based on fifteen semi-structured interviews with caregivers, healthcare managers, patient representatives and HTA unit members.

The presence of patient representatives led caregivers and managers to focus the assessment on patients' concerns and to adjust the language used during the meeting.

Method: Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 24 HTA producers and hospital managers and two focus groups with a total of 13 patient representatives.

Results: Patient representatives generally showed considerable interest in being involved in HTA.

Patient representatives have urged hospital consultants to accept the Government's commitments on medical insurance.