Table 3. Overview of Passages in the FGDs Containing a Reference to a Criterion or Sub-criteria Covered by the WHO-INTEGRATE Framework or Passages Mentioning a Criterion or Sub-criteria as Relevant for a Decision-Making Process .

Criteria and Sub-criteria	Brazil	Germany	Nepal	Uganda
Balance of health benefits and harms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Efficacy or effectiveness on health of individuals	Yes
Efficacy or effectiveness on health of population	Yes			Yes
Patients’/beneficiaries’ values in relation to health outcomes		Yes	Yes
Safety-risk-profile of intervention	Yes
Broader positive or negative health-related impacts			Yes	Yes
Human rights and socio-cultural acceptability	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accordance with universal human rights standards	Yes			Yes
Socio-cultural acceptability to beneficiaries and those	Yes		Yes	Yes
Socio-cultural acceptability of intervention to the public and other stakeholders	Yes	Yes	Yes
Impact on autonomy of concerned stakeholders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Intrusiveness of intervention		Yes		Yes
Equity, equality and non-discrimination	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Impact on health equality and/or health equity		Yes		Yes
Distribution of benefits and harms of intervention		Yes		Yes
Affordability of intervention	Yes		Yes	Yes
Accessibility of intervention	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lack of a suitable alternative		Yes
Societal implications	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Social impact			Yes
Environmental impact				Yes
Financial and economic considerations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Financial impact	Yes		Yes	Yes
Impact on economy		Yes		Yes
Ratio of costs and benefits	Yes			Yes
Feasibility and health system considerations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Legislation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leadership and governance		Yes		Yes
Interaction with and impact on health system	Yes
Need for, usage of and impact on health workforce and human resources	Yes		Yes
Need for, usage of and impact on infrastructure	Yes		Yes
Quality of evidence (meta-criterion)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Abbreviations: FGD, focus group discussion; WHO, World Health Organization.