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Received: 18 September 2017

Accepted: 22 January 2018

First Online: 2 February 2018

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: FC is employed by the Wessex Institute and works for the Research on Research programme; she also worked for the HTA Programme between 2012 and 2015. GB is employed by the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC), which hosts the HTA Programme, and is a research fellow in the Topic Identification Team. ABJ is employed by the Wessex Institute, leads the Research on Research programme and worked for the HTA Programme between 2008 and 2009. LD is employed by NETSCC and is a senior research fellow for the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme. SP is employed by NETSCC and is the Assistant Director, Applications and Funding. JR is a professor of HTA at the Wessex Institute and is a member of the HTA Programme Editorial Board.

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