Table 1 Number (and %) of documents addressing particular health system topics, by type of document*
From: The global stock of research evidence relevant to health systems policymaking
Health system topics | All documents (n = 6,613) | Evidence briefs for policy (n = 94) | Overviews of systematic reviews (n = 46) | Systematic reviews of effects** (n = 2,629) | Systematic reviews addressing other types of questions (n = 614) | Systematic reviews in progress (n = 283) | Systematic reviews being planned (n = 186) | Economic evaluations (n = 1,669) | Health reform descriptions (n = 1,092) | |||||||||
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Governance arrangement | 1360 | 21% | 46 | 49% | 10 | 22% | 117 | 4% | 114 | 19% | 15 | 5% | 12 | 6% | 80 | 5% | 966 | 88% |
• Policy authority | 890 | 13% | 24 | 26% | 5 | 11% | 26 | 1% | 31 | 5% | 8 | 3% | 5 | 3% | 23 | 1% | 768 | 70% |
• Organizational authority | 648 | 10% | 20 | 21% | 4 | 9% | 37 | 1% | 52 | 8% | 2 | 1% | 3 | 2% | 28 | 2% | 502 | 46% |
• Commercial authority | 280 | 4% | 8 | 9% | 3 | 7% | 17 | 1% | 17 | 3% | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 9 | 1% | 224 | 21% |
• Professional authority | 441 | 7% | 16 | 17% | 3 | 7% | 33 | 1% | 34 | 6% | 2 | 1% | 1 | 1% | 25 | 1% | 327 | 30% |
• Consumer & stakeholder involvement | 335 | 5% | 21 | 22% | 4 | 9% | 35 | 1% | 36 | 6% | 4 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 6 | 0% | 227 | 21% |
Financial arrangement | 1240 | 19% | 47 | 50% | 14 | 30% | 171 | 7% | 70 | 11% | 23 | 8% | 17 | 9% | 153 | 9% | 745 | 68% |
• Financing systems | 604 | 9% | 22 | 23% | 6 | 13% | 32 | 1% | 24 | 4% | 6 | 2% | 2 | 1% | 23 | 1% | 489 | 45% |
• Funding organizations | 230 | 3% | 8 | 9% | 4 | 9% | 22 | 1% | 9 | 1% | 4 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 178 | 16% |
• Remunerating providers | 400 | 6% | 23 | 24% | 11 | 24% | 73 | 3% | 33 | 5% | 7 | 2% | 1 | 1% | 22 | 1% | 230 | 21% |
• Purchasing products & services | 454 | 7% | 9 | 10% | 3 | 7% | 20 | 1% | 11 | 2% | 3 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 91 | 5% | 315 | 29% |
• Incentivizing consumers | 487 | 7% | 16 | 17% | 7 | 15% | 72 | 3% | 13 | 2% | 10 | 4% | 12 | 6% | 46 | 3% | 311 | 28% |
Delivery arrangement | 5590 | 85% | 71 | 76% | 40 | 87% | 2145 | 82% | 518 | 84% | 225 | 80% | 128 | 69% | 1581 | 95% | 882 | 81% |
• How care is designed to meet consumers’ needs | 2849 | 43% | 32 | 34% | 16 | 35% | 808 | 31% | 164 | 27% | 84 | 30% | 45 | 24% | 1078 | 65% | 622 | 57% |
• By whom care is provided | 2767 | 42% | 58 | 62% | 23 | 50% | 1097 | 42% | 329 | 54% | 107 | 38% | 59 | 32% | 586 | 35% | 508 | 47% |
• Where care is provided | 1677 | 25% | 31 | 33% | 13 | 28% | 579 | 22% | 141 | 23% | 61 | 22% | 33 | 18% | 417 | 25% | 402 | 37% |
• With what supports is care provided | 1792 | 27% | 27 | 29% | 23 | 50% | 756 | 29% | 152 | 25% | 69 | 24% | 25 | 13% | 339 | 20% | 401 | 37% |
Implementation strategy | 3031 | 46% | 50 | 53% | 25 | 54% | 1425 | 54% | 228 | 37% | 145 | 51% | 64 | 34% | 633 | 38% | 461 | 42% |
• Consumer-targeted strategy | 2297 | 35% | 35 | 37% | 16 | 35% | 1078 | 41% | 130 | 21% | 114 | 40% | 52 | 28% | 489 | 29% | 383 | 35% |
• Provider-targeted strategy | 1103 | 17% | 38 | 40% | 18 | 39% | 502 | 19% | 120 | 20% | 34 | 12% | 15 | 8% | 203 | 12% | 173 | 16% |
• Organization-targeted strategy | 104 | 2% | 2 | 2% | 5 | 11% | 37 | 1% | 28 | 5% | 12 | 4% | 2 | 1% | 18 | 1% | 0 | 0% |