Table 1.

Definitions of consensus

Consensus classification	Description	Definition
Consensus in	Outcome should be included in the COS	> 80% respondents scoring as 4 or 5 AND < 15% scoring as 1 or 2
Consensus out	Outcome should be excluded from the COS	50% or fewer scoring 4 or 5 in each stakeholder group
No consensus	Uncertainty regarding importance of outcome	Anything else