Table 4.

Methods proposed for generating initial list of topics (N=19)

	Literature review/scan	Research gaps from existing systematic reviews/guidelines	Health information system	Stakeholder inputs	Previous priority-setting exercises
N (%) approaches reporting the method†	9 (47)	7 (37)	4 (21)	16 (84)	3 (16)
Abma, 201050	✓			✓
Ball, 201664	✓			✓
Bennett, 2010; Bennett, 2012; Saldanha, 201341–43		✓		✓
Chang, 201260	✓	✓		✓
Chapman, 201365		✓
Cowan, 201345		✓		✓
Ghaffar, 2009; 200938 48	✓		✓	✓
Edwards, 201952				✓
Franck, 2018; Franck, 202049 56		✓		✓
Kapiriri, 201863	✓		✓
Lomas, 200346	✓		✓	✓	✓
Montorzi, 201047	✓				✓
Okello, 2000; Lansang, 199739 40		✓	✓	✓
Pratt, 201655				✓
Rudan, 200837				✓
Somanadhan, 202053	✓			✓
Viergever, 201062				✓	✓
Wald, 201451	✓	✓		✓
Yan, 202054				✓

*Percentages add up to more than 100% as more than one option applies.

†Initial topics were generated from existing systematic reviews and guidelines.