In HTA the term is often used for two different activities which complement each other: (1) patient participation (two way communication with patients including patient input such as taking Consumer Comments and enabling patients to take part in HTAs, to enable...
Information provided by patients, their representative groups or caregivers. It can be written or verbal and is based on knowledge gained from living with a condition. It is not mediated by researchers and aims to aid value judgements and add value to decision-making...
Evidence from research into patients’ experiences, preferences and perspectives, conducted using robust scientific methodology and able to be critically assessed like other scientific evidence.
