Table 2.

Search strategy

Databases searched	Search terms
PubMed (Search date: 8 March 2016)	#1:politics[MH] OR governance[TIAB]OR “policy making”[TIAB] OR “policy-making”[TIAB] OR “policymaker”[TIAB] OR “policy makers”[TIAB] OR “policy-maker”[TIAB] OR “policy-makers”[TIAB] OR decision-maker[TIAB] OR decision-makers[TIAB] OR decentralization [TIAB] OR decentralized[TIAB] OR recentralization[TIAB] OR centralization[TIAB] OR administrator[TIAB] OR administrators[TIAB] OR government[TIAB] OR governments[TIAB] OR regulation[TIAB] OR regulations[TIAB] OR stakeholder[TIAB] OR stakeholders[TIAB] OR responsiveness[TIAB] OR accountability[TIAB] #2: health[TIAB] #3: China[MH] OR China[TIAB] OR CMS[TIAB] OR NCMS[TIAB] OR NRCMS[TIAB] OR “New Rural Cooperative Medical System”[TIAB] OR “health system reform” [TIAB] OR “healthcare reform” [TIAB]
Proquest (Search date: 8 March 2016)	((ti(politics OR governance OR "policy making" OR "policy-making" OR "policy maker" OR "policy makers" OR "policy-maker" OR "policy-makers" OR decisionmaker OR "decision making" OR "decision makings" OR decisionmakers OR decentralization OR decentralisation OR decentralized OR decentralised OR recentralization OR recentralisation OR centralization OR centralisation OR administrator OR administrators OR government OR governments OR regulation OR regulations OR stakeholder OR stakeholders OR responsiveness OR accountability OR equity OR inequity OR inequities OR leadership) AND (ti(CMS OR NCMS OR NRCMS OR "Cooperative Medical System" OR "New Rural Cooperative Medical System" OR "health insurance" OR "health system reform" OR "healthcare reform" OR "Patriotic Health Campaign") OR ti(health AND reform))) OR (ab(politics OR governance OR "policy making" OR "policy-making" OR "policy maker" OR "policy makers" OR "policy-maker" OR "policy-makers" OR decisionmaker OR "decision making" OR "decision makings" OR decisionmakers OR decentralization OR decentralisation OR decentralized OR decentralised OR recentralization OR recentralisation OR centralization OR centralisation OR administrator OR administrators OR government OR governments OR regulation OR regulations OR stakeholder OR stakeholders OR responsiveness OR accountability OR equity OR inequity OR inequities OR leadership) AND (ab(CMS OR NCMS OR NRCMS OR "Cooperative Medical System" OR "New Rural Cooperative Medical System" OR "health insurance" OR "health system reform" OR "healthcare reform" OR "Patriotic Health Campaign") OR ab(health AND reform)))) AND (ti(China) OR ab(China) OR diskw(China) OR su(China) OR au(China) OR sch(China))
China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CHKD-CNKI) (Search date: 8 March 2016)	(主题 = 治理 + 管理 + 分权 + 集权 + 政府 + 规定 + 规则 + 规划 + 利益相关者 + ((设计 + 执行 + 制定)NEAR (方案 + 政策 + 制度))) AND (主题 = 医疗 + 健康 + 卫生 + 合作医疗 + 新农合 + 新医改)
Chinese Medicine Premier (Wanfang Data) (Search date: 8 March 2016)	(题名:(“治理”+”管理”+”设计”+”执行”+”制定”+”分权” + "方案”+”政策”+”政治”+”政府”+”规则”+”利益相关者”))*(题名:(”合作医疗”+”新农合”+”新型农村合作医疗”+”爱国卫生”+”新医改”+”医疗卫生体制改革”+”卫生体系”+”卫生系统”))