Tab. II.
The characteristics of the included studies.
| First author | Year of publication | Health policy filed | Data collection | Participants | Study design |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markazi-Moghaddam | 2014 | Establishment of autonomous hospitals and the barriers | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 23) | Qualitative |
| Faraji | 2015 | Prevention and control of diabetes | Document review | All related documents | Qualitative |
| Akrami | 2016 | Iranian children play as a social determinant of heath | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 21) | Qualitative |
| Goshtaei | 2016 | Nutrition policy process challenges | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 59) | Qualitative |
| Moshiri | 2016 | The formation of primary health care in rural Iran | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 35) | Qualitative |
| Abolhassani | 2017 | The establishment of the Drug Naming | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 31) | Qualitative |
| Azami-Aghdash | 2017 | Road traffic injury prevention | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 42) | Qualitative |
| Yousefinezhadi | 2017 | Hospital accreditation policy | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 30) | Qualitative |
| Ansari | 2018 | Palliative Care | Interviews | Key informants (n = 22) | Qualitative |
| Mehtarpour | 2018 | Family physician plan and referral system | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 6) | Qualitative |
| Mohamadi | 2018 | Health insurance benefit package | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 42) | Qualitative |
| Sajadi | 2018 | Iran’s health transformation plan in therapeutic services | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 38) | Qualitative |
| Al-Ansari | 2019 | Alcohol policy in Iran | Document review | All related documents | Qualitative |
| Doshmangir | 2019 | The Iranian health transformation plan in primary healthcare | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 23) | Qualitative |
| Edalati | 2019 | Nutrition labeling | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 10) | Qualitative |
| Gharaee | 2019 | Public-private partnership in providing primary health care policy | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 21) | Qualitative |
| Khodayari-Zarnaq | 2019 | HIV/AIDS | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 39) | Qualitative |
| Loloei | 2019 | Salt reduction in bread | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 37) | Qualitative |
| Mohseni | 2019 | Malnutrition among children under 5 years old | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 23) | Qualitative |
| Behzadifar | 2020 | The hepatitis C | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 21) | Qualitative |
| Doshmangir | 2020 | Setting health care services tariffs | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 22) | Qualitative |
| Ramazanzadeh | 2020 | Natural childbirth promotion | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 20) | Qualitative |
| Raoofi | 2020 | COVID-19 | Document review | All related documents | Qualitative |
| Heidari | 2020 | The national phenylketonuria screening program | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 38) | Qualitative |
| Kabiri | 2021 | Gastrointestinal cancer prevention | Interviews and document review | Key informants (n = 22) | Qualitative |