Table 1 Scoping review inclusion criteria

Participants

Any stakeholders involved in applied health research (e.g. researchers, patients, public)

Health research, applied health research^a, health, healthcare, health care, complex health intervention research^b

Intervention

Co-production approach or methodology

Co-production, co-produc*, co-design, co-creation, co-creat*, co-evaluation, co-evaluat*

Context

United Kingdom literature: research conducted in or relevant to United Kingdom context (e.g. systematic reviews that included studies conducted in the United Kingdom)

Limit = United Kingdom

Outcomes

Definitions, typologies or conceptualization of co-production

Key outcomes (conceptual, methodological, impact, health, experiential)

Research implications

Type of literature

Any type of published literature including systematic reviews, literature reviews, empirical research (evaluations of co-production or co-produced intervention research), guidelines, opinion or comment pieces

Language

English language only

Limit = English language

Date limits

From 2010 onwards, when “co-production” started to appear in the health literature

Limit to year = “2010–2020”

Subsequently limited to 2018–2020 given the large number of hits from initial searches