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. 2022 Dec 1;7(12):e010228. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010228

Table 3.

Profile of reviewed studies

Policy stage
Stage No of papers
Agenda setting and formulation 67
Agenda setting, formulation and implementation 2
Implementation-national level 4
Implementation-service delivery level 11
Reform issue
Financing 28
NHI 11
PBF 5
General health financing 4
User fees 4
User fees and NHI 1
CBHI 1
Earmarked tax for HIV/AIDS 1
Financial protection 1
Reproductive, maternal and child health 12
Abortion 4
Maternal health 4
Maternal and child health 3
Child health 1
HIV/AIDS 9
ARV policy 4
VMMC 2
General HIV/AIDS policy 2
PMTCT 1
Service delivery 6
Doctors and nurses 4
Community health workers 1
General 1
Other reform issues 3
Location of first authors
Regional location No of papers
Africa 52
Africa/Europe 5
Europe 17
North America 4
USA 6
Years of publication
Years of publication No of papers
2002–2014 22
2015–2022 62

ARV, Antiretroviral; CBHI, Community-Based Health Insurance; NHI, National Health Insurance; PBF, Perfomance-Based Financing; PMTCT, Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission; VMMC, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision.