Health system guidance appraisal--concept evaluation and usability testing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health system guidance (HSG) provides recommendations aimed to address health system challenges. However, there is a paucity of methods to direct, appraise, and report HSG. Earlier research identified 30 candidate criteria (concepts) that can be used to evaluate the quality of HSG and guide development and reporting requirements. The objective of this paper was to describe two studies aimed at evaluating the importance of these 30 criteria, design a draft HSG appraisal tool, and test its usability.

Methods

This study involved a two-step survey process. In step 1, respondents rated the 30 concepts for appropriateness to, relevance to, and priority for health system decisions and HSG. This led to a draft tool. In step 2, respondents reviewed HSG documents, appraised

SUBMITTER: Ako-Arrey DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4700602 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature