Summary Evaluation and Decision Strategy

In addition to the evaluations conducted at the levels of individual awardees and awardee groups, we also see a role for summary evaluation strategies that would include large numbers of awardees or other kinds of awardee groups. For instance, one such group might be awardees that include Medicare recipients as their primary target group. The primary objective of the summary evaluation is to compare and synthesize findings from evaluations conducted at the awardee and grouping levels and from pooled analyses, in order to assist in identifying those interventions that can be implemented more broadly, those that need testing in other