Health policy and systems research agendas in developing countries

Table 4 Beneficiaries/Issues According to Topic

	Beneficiaries or Issues
Topic	Elderly		Children		Community		Primary		Hospital		Urban		Rural		Equity		Gender		Indigenous peoples/traditional medicine		Public private mix		TOTAL
	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	n =	B
Accessibility			2	3	10	7	7	7	10	8	7	12	19	20	17	14	19	17	2	11	7	7	42	10
Community participation	9	20	4	3	43	19	13	7			13	12	4	3			13	7					23	6
costing & cost effectiveness			13	3	13	2			38	6	13	4	13	3	13	2							8	2
Decentralisation/local health systems			13	5	27	7	7	2			13	8	27	10	7	2	7	2					15	4
Disease burden	15	50	21	19	3	2	3	2	6	4	12	15	9	8	6	4	24	17	3	11			34	8
Economic policy and health	14	10	43	8											14	2	29	4					7	2
Equity	6	10			6	2									78	28			11	22			18	4
Financing					39	17					4	4	9	5	39	18	4	2			4	2	23	6
Human resources					29	9	35	15	6	2	6	4	18	8					6	11			17	4
Inform. Educ. & Communication			21	8			7	2	7	2	14	8	14	5			36	11					14	3
Information systems					25	4	38	7	13	2			13	3	13	2							8	2
Insurance					44	13					13	8	19	8	13	4			6	11	6	2	16	4
Management & Organization			2	3	9	7	9	10	49	48	2	4	11	13	2	2	4	4			13	14	47	12
Pharmaceutical policy & Mgmnt.							17	5	33	8			8	3	25	6	8	2	8	11			12	3
Policy process					50	6					17	4			33	4							6	1
Programme evaluation	2	10	22	24	2	2	17	17	5	4	12	19	2	3	2	2	2	2			32	30	41	10
Quality					7	2	20	7	47	15			7	3			13	4			7	2	15	4
Research to evidence							33	2							33	2					33	2	3	1
Sector Analysis			11	11			11	10					8	8	11	8	8	7	3	11	47	40	36	9
None			26	14	5	2	11	5					5	3			47	20	5	11		0	19	5
n		10		37		54		41		48		26		40		50		46		9		43	404	100
%	2	100	9	100	13	100	10	100	12	100	6	100	10	100	12	100	11	100	2	100	11	100

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