COVID-19 research response to immediate demands: setting priorities with key stakeholders to enable health services research in NSW, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption to health systems. There is much to be gained by capturing what was learned from changes and adaptations made by health services and systems. The Ministry of Health in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, sought to prioritise health services research (HSR) to address critical issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. We tested a priority setting methodology to create priorities for a specific funding opportunity and to extract generalisable lessons.

Design/methodology/approach

A virtual roundtable meeting of key stakeholders was held in June 2020. We used a modified Nominal Group Technique (NGT) for priority setting, with potential items (n = 35) grouped under headings. Data was analysed through a reflective deliberat

SUBMITTER: Rankin NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440472 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature