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Table A1.

Database(s) Serch tem key words for database(s) Number of initial "hits" Number relevant Number after "screening"
LEXIS NEXIS Local, production, pharmaceutical, medicine diagnostic 997 0 0
GOOGLE/GOOGLE SCHOLAR Local, innovation, pharmaceutical, medicine, diagnostic, access 1000 51 0
AfricaWide Information
CINAHL
Local production pharmaceutical, medicine diagnostic 0
0
OECD
PUBMED
HEALTH SERVICES SUBSET OF PUBMED
Local production
Drug Industry {MeSH} AND Medicine {MeSH}
Local production
68
2057
4
0
26
0
0
0
0
POPLINE
ECONLIT
ECONLIT
medicine / pharmac* / diagnostic & production / manufacture
medicine / pharmac* / diagnostic & production / manufacture
Comparative AND (foreign OR multinational) AND (domestic OR local) AND performance OR price AND "pharmaceutical"
21
32
1127
3
9
27
0
3
6
CSA
ISI Web of Knowledge
CSA
Local production pharmaceutical medicine diagnostic
Local production pharmaceutical medicine diagnostic
Comparative AND (foreign OR multinational) AND (domestic OR local) AND performance OR price
Same as immediately above AND "pharmaceutical"
13
429
818
38
3
8
13
0
2
3
BioOne Abstracts and Indexes
PAIS International
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(local or domestic or national) and AB=production and AB=(pharmaceutic* or medicine or diagnostic)
local or domestic or national) and AB=production and AB=(pharmaceutic* or medicine or diagnostic)
local or domestic or national) and AB=production and AB=(pharmaceutic* or medicine or diagnostic)
12
12
8
3
6
5
0
0
1
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences AB=(local or national or domestic) and AB=production and
KW=(medicine or pharmaceu*)
22 0 0

AB: Abstract; KW: keywords