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Table 1 Rules used to determine consensus classification for panel ratings

From: Developing a measure of polypharmacy appropriateness in primary care: systematic review and expert consensus study

Median panel score

Criteria for:

Disagreement

Equivocal

Agreement

 

>  20% of individual scores equal to:

20% of individual scores equal to:

1

 

4–9

4–9

2

5–9

5–9

3

6–9

6–9

4

≥ 33% of individual scores equal to 1–3

AND

≥ 33% of individual scores equal to 7–9

1, 7–9

1, 7–9

5

1, 2, 8, 9

1, 2, 8, 9

6

1–3, 9

1–3, 9

7

1–4

1–4

8

1–5

1–5

9

1–6

1–6