Box 1: Questions about decision makers need for information.
Question 4:
Which information would you – in the ideal situation wish to have at your disposal as a basis for your decision on whether or not to invest in a new treatment?
Question 5: (Ask only if the following domains have not been touched upon)
Do you think that the following should be part of the basis for decision making:
a. Information on the health problem of the patients,the patients’ needs and the current technology should be part of the basis for decision making?
b. Information on the characteristics and content of the new treatment should be part of the basis for decision making?
c. Information on the clinical effectiveness of and patient satisfaction with the new treatment should be part of the basis for decision making?
d. Information on safety aspects of the new treatment should be part of the basis for decision making?
e. Information on the economic aspects of the new treatment should be part of the basis for decision making?
f. Information on the ethical aspects of the new treatment should be part of the basis for decisionmaking?
g. Information on the internal and external organizational aspects of the new treatment should be part of the basis for decision making?
h. Information on the social aspects, e.g. influence on the life of the patients, of the new treatment should be part of the basis for decision making?
i. Information on the legal aspects of the new treatment should be part of the basis for decision making?
j. Information on political and strategic aspects of the new treatment?
Question 6:
We have now been through a number of different information or criteria that according to you should be part of a basis for decision making. Could you assess whether some of this information is “highly relevant” and other “less relevant”?
If “yes”→Please indicate the most relevant information?