Table 2.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for retrieval of health legislation and health policies.

	Legislations		Policies
Criteria	Inclusion	Exclusion	Inclusion	Exclusion
Type	Enacted legislation detailing financial and institutional arrangements on health service coverage/delivery	Laws on human research	Action plans, strategies, and policies addressing the following target groups:	Action plans focusing only on prevention of noncommunicable diseases
			-People with noncommunicable diseases: cancer, stroke, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -Older persons (i.e., aging) -Persons with mental health and neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis) -People with disabilities and/or chronic conditions
		Laws on data protection including regulations regarding the protection of privacy and confidentiality of health information		Action plans, strategies, and policies addressing other aspects of health service delivery such as e-health/digital health
			Action plans, strategies and policies addressing the following programmatic areas within the health system, including:
		Laws and regulations on health professional practice and education	-Human resources -Health financing -Service user empowerment -Health information systems governance
		Environmental health laws	Intersectoral action plans on disability (i.e., national strategies for the inclusion/integration of disabled persons)
		Food laws	Sectoral or multisectoral action plans on rehabilitation
		Submitted bills, upcoming bills, law proposals, national constitutions
Timeframe	1980–2018	Pre-1980	Action plans, strategies and policies that are currently under implementation or were implemented within the last three years, i.e., implemented by 2015.	Action plans, strategies, and policies completed preceding 2015
Level of implementation	National	Municipal, Regional	Action plans, strategies and policies at the national or federal level	Action plans, strategies and policies at regional, municipal, cantonal, and provincial levels
Languages	English, German, Swedish, Italian, Dutch	All languages not specified in inclusion criteria	English, German, Swedish, Italian, Dutch	All languages not specified in inclusion criteria
Countries	United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany	All countries not specified in inclusion criteria	United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany	All countries not specified in inclusion criteria