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Table 1.

General characteristics of the included studies

Variable	Categories	N (%)
Affiliation of the first author	Medical/Clinical	22 (73)
Affiliation of the first author	Non-medical*	8 (27)
Where journal published	International	11 (37)
	Regional	2 (7)
	National	17 (57)
Type of journal	Medical	23 (77)
Type of journal	Non-medical**	7 (23)
Language published	English	13 (43)
Language published	Persian	17 (57)
Geographical location	National	5 (17)
Geographical location	Sub-national	25 (83)

*Including epidemiology, health economics, health management etc.

**Including public health, health economics, health policy and management, economics etc.