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. 2020 Jul 20;28(2):1779632. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1779632

Table A1. Research questions and search-terms.

Research questions Search terms related to SRH components Search terms related to UHC dimensions
1. What are the key themes addressed by the SRH literature on UHC? Sexual and reproductive health services
Sexual and reproductive health Sexual and reproductive health
and rights
Universal Health Coverage
2. Which SRH services have been included in EPHS of different LMICs? What were the processes through which they were included?
  • Maternal health services; emergency obstetric care

  • Safe abortion services; post-abortion care

  • Family planning; contraceptive services

  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health services; comprehensive sexuality education

  • Gynaecological services; infertility treatment

  • Services for gender-based violence

  • Cervical cancer screening; breast cancer screening; cervical cancer treatment; breast cancer treatment

Essential package of health services; essential services packages; basic services packages; Health benefit packages
Priority-setting
3. What are the major sources of financing for SRH services?
How does this pattern of financing affect population and service coverage and financial risk protection?
Same as above Financing mechanisms
National Health Accounts; SRH sub-accounts; User fees; Social Health Insurance; national health insurance; community-based health insurance; micro-insurance; Conditional cash transfers; Out of pocket expenditure; Catastrophic health expenditure
Research questions Search terms related to SRH components Search terms related to UHC dimensions
5. What has been researched on some service delivery challenges unique to/ predominantly affecting SRH services such as restrictive gender norms and gender inequality? Restrictive legal and policy environment? Private sector as a major service provider? Gender norms; gender inequality; abortion laws; LGBTQI and legal status / criminalisation; disrespect/abuse and maternity; obstetric violence; coercive/ forced sterilisation; third-party authorisation; adolescents; stigma; discrimination;
Contracting with private providers; Social marketing; Social franchising; Voucher schemes (for each of the SRH components presented above)
4. What are the accountability mechanisms that have been used w.r.t. to universal access to SRH services at the international, national, and sub-national levels? What were the issues addressed?
Who were the actors involved, and what were the processes?
What were the outcomes?
Same as above Accountability Performance accountabilitySocial accountabilityLegal accountability