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Table 1 Documents reviewed across the case studies

From: Towards an explanatory framework for national level maternal health policy agenda item evolution in Ghana: an embedded case study

Document

Year

Laws

 Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospital Act 525

1996

 Hospital Fees Act 387

1971

 Hospital Fees Ordinance CAP 82 (1897)

1942

 Hospital Fees Decree, National Liberation Council Decree 360

1969

 Hospital Fees Regulations, Legislative Instrument 1277, 1313

1983, 1985

 National Health Insurance Act 650, 852

2003, 2012

 National Health Insurance Regulations, Legislative Instrument 1809

2004

 The 1992 Constitution of Ghana

1992

Reports

 Health sector aide memoire

2001–2013

 Aligning exemption policy and practice with poverty reduction goals

2003

 Annual programme of work

2002–2014

 Independent review of the annual programme of work

2001–2013

 Inter-agency leadership committee report (April)

2009

 Health sector medium-term development plan

2002–2006, 2007–2011, 2010–2013

 Pro-poor agenda

2004

 Report of the committee appointed to investigate hospital fees

1970

 Review of the exemption policy

2006

 Health sector response to maternal mortality

2004

Meeting records

 Health sector working group meetings

12 January 2012, 9 February 2012, 3 May 2012, 7 June 2012, 5 July 2012

 Inter-agency leadership committee meeting

9 March 2011, 1 December 2011, 10 April 2012

 Provider payment mechanism technical subcommittee

2010–2012

Media articles

 Ghana News Agency

2008–2014

 Ghanaian Daily Graphic

1957–2014