| Participants |
Individuals, communities or organisations involved in the receipt of healthcare services within a health system context in Africa |
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| Concept |
Studies focusing on one of the following PROGRESS-Plus* equity stratifier:
Place of residence (eg, rural and urban) Race, ethnicity or culture Occupation Gender or sex Religion Education Socioeconomic status Social capital or resources Any other factors in which health inequalities may exist (eg, age, disability and sexual orientation).
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Studies that did not include a PROGRESS-Plus* equity stratifier Studies that did not examine inequalities in health service coverage Studies focusing on inequality in health financing or financial protection
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| Context |
Studies monitoring at least one indicator related to the following essential health services (online supplemental appendix 2):
Family planning Antenatal, delivery and postnatal care Child immunisation Health-seeking behaviour for pneumonia Tuberculosis treatment HIV therapy Use of insecticide-treated bed nets for malaria prevention Adequate sanitation Neglected tropical diseases treatment and care Prevention and treatment of raised blood pressure Prevention and treatment of raised blood glucose Cervical cancer screening Tobacco (non-)smoking
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Studies that did not include any of those essential health services Studies focusing on basic hospital access Studies focusing on health workforce Studies focusing on access to essential medicines Studies focusing on health security
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| Type of sources |
Empirical studies using a quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods design and published from 2005:
Original studies from 2005 onwards Conference articles from 2005 onwards Knowledge syntheses from 2005 onwards
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Protocols Conference abstracts Retracted publications Records published before 2005 Editorial materials (eg, commentary, letter and editorials)
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