Data for: Characterizing multi-criteria decision analysis, risk stratification, and hotspot analysis methods to optimise disease policymaking and evidence translation for medicines in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review
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Dec 19, 2025 version files 3.53 MB
Abstract
The supplementary materials include the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses -S1 PRISMA checklist, which provides a structured set of sections for reporting the scoping review and contains key information from the paper, including the aims, specific methods, data sources, analyses, and how each item is addressed. It contains three appendices corresponding to each main section of the paper, as well as a list of supporting tables and figures. S1 Appendix includes data related to key attributes, such as the number of articles over time, geographical region and country, author affiliation, disease focus, and stage of medicine translation. S2 Appendix includes data on the specific analytical methods presented in the review—multi-decision criteria analysis (MDCA), risk stratification, and hotspot analysis—such as article summaries, variables, and visual tools. S3 Appendix includes data related to the grey literature, including the search strategies and outputs from international and regional organisations, conferences, and independent journals.
S1 PRISMA-Checklist
S1 Appendix. Tables and figures related to the section 'Paper and report attributes'
S2 Appendix. Tables and figures related to the section 'Data analytical methods'
S3 Appendix. Tables and figures related to the section 'Grey literature'
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kwh70rzjp
Description of the data and file structure
Data are summaries from information collected from published articles as part of a scoping review.
Files and variables
File: S1._PRISMA-Checklist_181225.pdf
Description: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) Checklist, which provides a structured set of sections for reporting the scoping review and contains key information from the paper, including the aims, specific methods, data sources, analyses, and how each item is addressed.
File: S1_Appendix._Paper_and_report_attributes_related_data_181225.pdf
Description: Tables and figures summarising the number of articles over time, by geographical region, country, author affiliation, human disease, and stage of medicine translation.
Table 1. Summary of the number of articles published annually between 2010 and 2025 by data analytical method; Table 2. Summary of WHO regions represented in the article study locations across each analytical method; Table 3. Summary of countries represented in article study locations across each analytical method; Table 4: Summary of first and last author primary affiliation as well as LMIC(s) studied across each analytical method; Table 5: Summary of human diseases focused on across each analytical method, including single/multi-diseases, infectious/non-infectious diseases and exact disease or disease groups; Table 6: Summary of medicine translation stage across each analytical method; Figure 1. Graphical presentation of the number of articles published annually between 2010 and 2025 by data analytical method; Figure 2 and Table: Distribution of alignment between the country affiliation of the first and last authors and the study country across each analytical method.
File: S2_Appendix._Data_analytical_methods_related_data_191225.pdf
Description: Tables and figures summarising each analytical method, including article information (e.g., title, author, year, data sources) and visual tools presented.
MCDA - Table 1: List of numbered MCDA articles, including title, aim(s) and date published; Table 2: The number and list of criteria used in each MCDA article; Table 3: The list of 20 criteria featured in the EVIDEM ver.10 framework compared to its use in article 6 and potential relations with criteria in articles 1-5; Figures 1-3. Visual tools presented for MCDA.
Risk stratification - Table 4: List of numbered Risk Stratification articles, including title, summarised aim(s), date published, and type of risk stratification. Table 5: List of risk stratification articles that used or adapted a previously developed risk stratification alongside links to the original publication(s) of the risk stratification tools; Table 6: Number and list of the variables used in each risk stratification across all articles, including the articles that used more than one risk stratification; Table 7: Summary of risk group creations for non-basic risk stratification articles; Figures 4-8. Visual tools presented for risk stratification.
Hotspot analysis - Table 8: Summary of hotspot article characteristics; Figure 9: Visual tools presented for hotspot analysis.
File: S3._Appendix._Grey_literature_related_data_181225.pdf
Description: Tables and figures summarising the review process and data sources, and characteristics of related documents found.
Figure 1. Inclusion/Exclusion criteria, example of keyword searches, and flowchart for ASTMH conference abstract searches; Table 1. Conference abstracts included. Characteristics of ASTMH abstracts describing potential risk stratification (n=1) and hotspot analysis (n=1) methods; Table 2. Conference abstracts identified with a summary of the analytical method focus and reasons for exclusion; Table 3 A)WHO and regional /national resources searched and reasons for exclusion; and References.