Table 1.

Summary of the methods applied in the doctoral thesis.

	Part I	Part II	Part III
Study design	Policy review	Qualitative study
Method	Systematic search and review	Personal interviews
Participants	Health plans (international n = 38, national n = 17)	Professionals (n = 12)	Patients (n = 16)
	Spanish fibromyalgia protocols (n=6)
	Parliamentary initiatives (n=65)
Data sources	Secondary data	Primary data
Analysis	Content analysis	Thematic analysis
Setting	Policies	Clinical	Work/house
	International	National
Year	2000–2012	2009