Table 3.

Data collection processes and study participants

Methods	Participant(s)								Other(s)
	Rajshahi		Sylhet		Cumilla		Jhenaidah
Household survey (n=1386)	Households (n=266)		Households (n=370)		Households (n=565)		Households (n=185)		X
	Tanore	Puthia	Kanaighat	Surma (upazila)	Daudkandi	Homna	Shailkupa	Harinakunda
Facility survey (n=125)	Upazila health complex (n=1), private hospital/clinic (n=2), NGO hospital/clinic (n=2), union health centre/union subcentre (n=4), community clinic (n=6) (in each upazila (n=16))								X
In-depth interviews (IDIs)(n=16)	IDI1: with front-line health staff (health assistant/family welfarevisitor/subassistant community medical officer (n=2); IDI2: with private vendor/pharmacist/traditional provider (village doctor, faith healers, kabiraj (n=2)) (In each upazila, (n=4)))								X
Focus group discussions (FGDs) (n=16)	FGD1: with community (people with at least one NCD) (n=2); FGD2: with community (people with no NCD) (n=2) (in each upazila, (n=4))								X
Key informant interviews (KIIs)(n=13–15)	KII1: with upazila health and family planning officer/medical officer/residential medical officer (n=1) (In each upazila, (n=4))					KII2: with district health manager (civil surgeon) (n=4); KII3: with director/line director/deputy director of IMS of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) (n=1); KII4: with director/line director/ deputy director of NCD control of DGHS (n=1); KII5: with director/line director/deputy director of primary healthcare of DGHS (n=1); KII6-7: policy planner/independent consultant/specialist (n=1–2); KII8-9: private doctor/NGO workers at district (n=1–2).

IMS, information management system; NCD, non-communicable disease; NGO, non-governmental organisation.