Table 6 Number (and %) of documents addressing health system topics, by type of low- and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
From: The global stock of research evidence relevant to health systems policymaking
Health system topics | Type of LMIC focus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any category* (n = 1,228) | Target of document (n = 648) | At least one LMIC author (n = 392) | At least one LMIC study included (n = 781) | |||||
Governance arrangement | 117 | 10% | 77 | 12% | 46 | 12% | 84 | 11% |
• Policy authority | 57 | 5% | 46 | 7% | 25 | 6% | 40 | 5% |
• Organizational authority | 36 | 3% | 25 | 4% | 14 | 4% | 29 | 4% |
• Commercial authority | 18 | 1% | 16 | 2% | 7 | 2% | 14 | 2% |
• Professional authority | 26 | 2% | 13 | 2% | 6 | 2% | 22 | 3% |
• Consumer & stakeholder involvement | 25 | 2% | 15 | 2% | 12 | 3% | 19 | 2% |
Financial arrangement | 166 | 14% | 120 | 19% | 82 | 21% | 108 | 14% |
• Financing systems | 62 | 5% | 51 | 8% | 25 | 6% | 46 | 6% |
• Funding organizations | 18 | 1% | 12 | 2% | 5 | 1% | 14 | 2% |
• Remunerating providers | 51 | 4% | 33 | 5% | 22 | 6% | 42 | 5% |
• Purchasing products & services | 42 | 3% | 33 | 5% | 27 | 7% | 14 | 2% |
• Incentivizing consumers | 59 | 5% | 44 | 7% | 27 | 7% | 41 | 5% |
Delivery arrangement | 944 | 77% | 472 | 73% | 341 | 87% | 618 | 79% |
• How care is designed to meet consumers' needs | 485 | 39% | 318 | 49% | 220 | 56% | 248 | 32% |
• By whom care is provided | 445 | 36% | 180 | 28% | 141 | 36% | 340 | 44% |
• Where care is provided | 287 | 23% | 165 | 25% | 120 | 31% | 193 | 25% |
• With what supports is care provided | 202 | 16% | 52 | 8% | 40 | 10% | 168 | 22% |
Implementation strategy | 516 | 42% | 207 | 32% | 154 | 39% | 407 | 52% |
• Consumer-targeted strategy | 390 | 32% | 151 | 23% | 112 | 29% | 318 | 41% |
• Provider-targeted strategy | 195 | 16% | 85 | 13% | 63 | 16% | 147 | 19% |
• Organization-targeted strategy | 17 | 1% | 7 | 1% | 3 | 1% | 12 | 2% |