Table 1.

List of analyzed documents in this study

Original documents	National diabetes prevention and control program (Delavari et al., 2004a) The comprehensive program for prevention and control of diabetes type II, Phase II, Run the program in the cities with over a million people (MoHME, 2010) National comprehensive program for prevention and control diabetes, the action plan of specialized care (Ravaghi et al., 2010) National program for prevention and control diabetes type II in urban areas (Alavi Nia et al., 2012) Management of specialized care program for diabetes (Ghotbi and Kermanchi, 2013)
Survey reports	A National Profile of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors in the I.R. Of Iran- Selected results of the first survey of Non-Communicable Diseases risk factor surveillance system of Iran, 2005 (Delavari et al., 2005) I.R. Iran Non-Communicable Diseases, Risk Factors Surveillance, 2008 (Asgari et al., 2008)
Guidelines	Principles of Disease Prevention and Care – Non-Communicable Diseases Surveillance system - National guidelines (Ghotbi et al., 2008) National diabetes prevention and control program for physicians (Delavari et al., 2004f) National diabetes prevention and control program for nurses (Delavari et al., 2004e) National diabetes prevention and control program for technicians (Delavari et al., 2004g) National diabetes prevention and control program for dietitians (Delavari et al., 2004b) National diabetes prevention and control program for health workers (Delavari et al., 2004c) National diabetes prevention and control program for laboratory technicians (Delavari et al., 2004d)
National meeting reports	National meeting report on the comprehensive diabetes program (Mashhad, October 2011)(Ghotbi, 17 October 2011) National meeting report on the comprehensive diabetes program (Kashan, January 2012) (MoHME, 1 January 2012) National meeting report on the comprehensive diabetes program (Kerman, April 2012) (MoHME, 14 April 2012) National meeting report on the comprehensive diabetes program (Yazd, March 2013) (MoHME, 3 March 2013) Workshop report about evaluation and quality improvement of specialized care program for diabetes (Bandar Abbas February 2014)(Ghotbi, 17 Febuary 2014) Analytical performance report of the urban phase of the comprehensive diabetes program, 2012 (Ghotbi, 2012) Performance report of the urban phase of the specialized care program for diabetes, 2013 (Ghotbi, 2013)