Table 1 Prioritisation criteria and criteria groups, the corresponding perspective and question type used in the survey
Criteria group | Criteria | Perspective | Question type |
|---|---|---|---|
Incidence and trend | Incidence | Population | Default answers |
Trend | Population | Default answers | |
Impact on the patient | Case fatality ratio | Individual | Default answers |
Severity | Individual | Default answers | |
Chronicity | Individual | Default answers | |
Impact on society | Absenteeism | Population | Open expert opinion |
Health care utilization | Population | Open expert opinion | |
Excess costs | Population | Open expert opinion | |
Public attention | Population | Open expert opinion | |
Impact on public health | Spreading potential | Pathogen | Default answers |
Events requiring PH action | Pathogen | Open expert opinion | |
Surveillance needs | International surveillance obligations | Pathogen | Review |
WHO objective for eradication | Pathogen | Review | |
Vaccine included in NVP | Pathogen | Review | |
Risk for vaccine-triggered strain replacement | Pathogen | Review | |
Existing antibiotic multidrug resistance | Pathogen | Review | |
NRC/Reflab essential for diagnosis | Pathogen | Review | |
Congenital risks | Pathogen | Review |