Table 2.

Criteria for Identifying Health Research Gaps, Needs, and Priorities

Criteria	All		Gaps only		Needs only		Priorities only		Gaps and needs		Gaps and priorities		Needs and priorities		Gaps, needs, and priorities
	N=167		N=12		N=10		N=23		N=5		N=23		N=88		N=5
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Costs	10	6	0	0	0	0	4	17	2	40	4	17	0	0	0	0
Burden of disease	15	9	0	0	1	10	3	13	1	20	6	25	4	5	0	0
Importance to stakeholders	120	72	2	17	5	50	6	26	5	100	15	63	83	94	4	80
Patient centeredness	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	0	0
Aligned with organization mission	5	3	1	8	0	0	2	9	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	0
Potential value	49	29	3	25	2	20	11	48	1	20	12	50	16	18	4	80
Potential risk from inaction	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	13	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	0
Addresses inequities	13	8	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	0	7	29	4	5	0	0
Feasibility	30	18	0	0	0	0	4	17	2	40	9	38	11	13	4	80
Other	37	22	0	0	0	0	9	39	4	80	9	38	12	14	3	60
Not reported	14	8	5	42	2	20	3	13	0	0	2	8	1	1	1	20
Not applicable	13	8	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	5	21	5	6	3	40
Unclear	12	7	1	8	0	0	2	9	3	60	3	13	2	2	1	20

Numbers in columns may add up to more than the total N or 100% since some studies employed more than one criterion