The state of international collaboration for health systems research: what do publications tell?

Table 9 Country coverage of health systems papers by topic. Medline 1991–2003*.

TOPIC	Coverage of Study
	Single country		International		TOTAL universe
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Financing	262	74	91	26	353	100
Research policy and process	54	82	12	18	66	100
Human resources	313	83	64	17	377	100
Equity	453	86	74	14	527	100
Information, Education and Communication	1,125	86	181	14	1,306	100
Policy process	741	87	115	13	856	100
Insurance	187	87	28	13	215	100
Economic and social policy and health	121	89	15	11	136	100
Sector analysis	625	90	71	10	696	100
Accessibility	185	90	19	10	204	100
Information systems	300	91	31	9	331	100
Descentralization	123	91	13	9	135	100
Quality of care	313	91	31	9	344	100
Pharmaceutical policy and management	516	91	51	9	567	100
Organization and delivery	607	92	51	8	658	100
Program evaluation	573	94	40	6	613	100
Cost and cost effectiveness	884	96	39	4	923	100
Community participation	740	97	19	3	759	100
TOTAL	8,121		945		9,066

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