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Table 1 IQWiG information products tested between June 2008 and March 2009

From: Evidence-based health information from the users’ perspective – a qualitative analysis

Product or type of text

Description

Number

Fact sheets

About three to six pages of easily understandable information about a comprehensive informational report of the IQWiG or multiple sources

31

Research summaries

About three-page summaries of systematic reviews or health technology assessment reports

71

Supplementary elements

Supplements to the central products, for example explanatory texts about organs or signs of illness, quizzes or pictorial material

5