Consensus Development at the NIH

Report of a Study by a Committee of the Institute of Medicine, Council on Health Care Technology

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Recommendations for Program Structure; 5 3. Recommendations for Program Function; 6 References; 7 Appendix A: Background Paper for the Committee to Improve the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Program; 8 Appendix B: NIH Consensus Development Conferences; 9 Appendix C: Questions from NIH Consensus Development Conferences; 10 Appendix D: General Bibliography on Consensus Development