Abstract
John-Baptiste A, Schapira MM, Cravens C, et al. The role of decision models in health care policy: A case study. Med Decis Making. 2016;36(5):666-679.
Original DOI: 10.1177/0272989X16646732
On page 667, in the paragraph beginning “In May 2008…” the article did not fully describe the process of requesting decision models for the study. A more complete and accurate description is given below: The coverage and analysis group (CAG) requested a report from The Technology Assessment Program (TAP) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ assigned this report to the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Network (CISNET) consortium modeling groups. AHRQ staff also provided guidance on the model approach and inputs and ensured an arms-length relationship with the Centers for Medicate and Medicaid Services (CMS) and independence of the researchers.
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