Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool: A decision support tool for health policy makers and implementers

Table 4 Scalability concepts covered in existing scalability frameworks and checklists

Scalability considerations	Milat et al. 2012 [1]	Cooley et al. 2014 [11]	Cooley et al. 2016 [18]	MoH NSW et al. 2014 [13]	Spicer et al. 2014 [22]
Problem definition		√	√	√	√
Contextual considerations	√	√	√	√	√
Comparison against similar interventions		√	√	√	√
Evidence of effectiveness	√	√	√	√	√
Intervention reach and acceptability	√			√	Acceptability only
General scale-up and implementation considerations	√	√	√	√	√
Workforce considerations	√	√	√	√	√
Delivery system considerations	√	√	√	√
Costs of scale-up	√	√	√	√	√
Intervention adaptability	√	√	√	√
Monitoring and evaluation	√
Sustainability		√	√		√