Table 1 Expert panel characteristics (n = 386)

Characteristic	n (%)
Gender
Man	225 (58)
Woman	155 (40)
No response	6 (2)
Primary sector of employment^a
Civil society	254 (66)
Private	61 (16)
Academic	39 (10)
Public	21 (5)
Other	6 (2)
No response	5 (1)
Primary field^b
Public health	156 (41)
Clinical research/care	92 (24)
Health policy/advocacy	67 (17)
Basic/physical/mathematical sciences	41 (11)
Other	24 (6)
No response	6 (2)
Country income level^c
Low- or middle-income country	195 (51)
High-income country	186 (48)
No response	5 (1)
Global region of origin^c
Europe and Central Asia	117 (30)
Latin America and Caribbean	56 (15)
East Asia and Pacific	49 (13)
North America	47 (12)
Sub-Saharan Africa	44 (11)
Middle East and North Africa	33 (9)
South Asia	35 (9)
No response	5 (1)

Percentages may not sum to 100 owing to rounding.
^aPanellists were provided with these four standard categories for public health sectors and were able to provide a different response with the ‘other’ option.
^bPanellists were provided with six response options (clinical research, public health research, healthcare provider, advocacy, health department or ministry and health policy) and ‘other’. The text responses under the ‘other’ option (n = 76) were analysed and recategorized into the four categories reported in the table.
^cCountry income level and global region correspond to World Bank classification for 2022 (https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups).

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