Table 1.

Cross-country comparison in six countries

	RESYST studies			WHO studies
Country	Kenya	Nigeria	Vietnam	Burkina Faso	Morocco	Tunisia
Data collection	Policy documentation review In-depth interviews Focus group discussion	Policy documentation review In-depth interviews Focus group discussion	Policy documentation review Review of facility data In-depth interviews Focus group discussion	Policy documentation review In-depth interviews	Policy documentation review In-depth interviews	Policy documentation review In-depth interviews
In-depth interviews	Total number: 36 Participants: County Department of Health officials, NHIF branch officials, doctors, clinical officers, pharmacists, nurses, hospital administrators, nursing officer in charge, medical superintendents	Total number: 66 Participants: State Ministry of Health, State Health Board, NHIS, Health Maintenance Organizations, doctors and nurses, hospital administrators	Total number: 10 Participants: Department of Health, Provincial Social Security office, District Social Security office	Total number: 67 Participants: Ministry of Health, SHI Fund, non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes running community health insurance, public and private hospitals	Total number: 32 Participants: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, SHI Fund (Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (CNSS)), National Union of Mutual Insurance Agencies (Caisse Nationale des Organismes de Prévoyance Sociale (CNOPS)), district management teams, public and private hospitals	Total number: 17 Participants: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Social Affairs, NHIF (Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie (CNAM)), public and private hospitals
Focus group discussions	Total number: 4 Participants: service users	Total number: 8 Participants: service users	Total number: 12 Participants: doctors and nurses, service users	Not applicable	Total number: 1 Participants: regional hospital staff	Not applicable