Fig. 3.

Box plots [mean (x); median; max; min; upper and lower quartile] for the ranking of the “readiness” within the areas of the four break-out sessions, relating to Health Policy (N = 12), Stakeholders (N = 14), Uncertainty (N = 18) and Methodology (N = 12), respectively. Rankings were conducted on an ordinal Likert response scale scoring from 1 (no) to 4 (yes). Note that the readiness of the EC/ CG was ranked in two distinct break-out sessions (see Fig. 1 for the questions per break-out session). CG, Coordination Group; EC, European Commission; HTA, Health Technology Assessment; HTD, Health Technology Developer