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This study was supported by the NHS R&D
Executive’s Health Technology Assessment
Programme. We are indebted to the referees for
their perseverance in reading the report and the
quality of their comments.
The following individuals are thanked for their
generous input of time and effort in commenting
upon an earlier draft of the document: John
Brazier, Peter Fayers, Jeremy Hobart, Penny
Hopwood, Crispin Jenkinson, Paul Kind, Andrew
Long, Hannah McGee, Derick Wade, David Wilkin.
Every effort has been made to take account of the
Acknowledgements
Health Technology Assessment 1998; Vol. 2: No. 14
very extensive and helpful feedback provided by
this group of advisors, although the four named
authors of the document alone remain responsible
for the final draft submitted to the NHS HTA
Programme. Thanks are also due to Katherine
Johnston for her invaluable help in relation to
bibliographic searches and logistics of the review.
The first author (Ray Fitzpatrick) took responsibility
for producing drafts of the text which were
revised in the light of the comments of the other
three authors and of the external experts
listed above.
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