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Table 1 Summary of characteristics of the decision-makers interviewed for this study. Additional details on their career history and location of work assignments have been published elsewhere (Liwanag and Wyss [35])

From: Optimising decentralisation for the health sector by exploring the synergy of decision space, capacity and accountability: insights from the Philippines

No. of interviewees

27

 Males

17

 Females

10

Highest educational attainment

 MD plus Master’s degree

17

 MD

5

 Law degree

3

 Master’s degree

1

 Bachelor’s degree

1

Average duration of service in the public sector (years)

23.6

Average duration of the interviews (min)

64

Category of current roles

 Career health officers (provincial, municipal and city health officers)

10

 DOH directors (national and regional directors)

6

 Local politicians

6

 Executive of PhilHealth

1

 “Doctor to the Barrio” (i.e. DOH-hired physician deployed to serve under a local government)

1

 Medical school administrator

1

 Government hospital administrator

1

 Head of an NGO

1

Organisational affiliation at the time of interview

 Local governments

15

 DOH

6

 NGOs

2

 PhilHealth

1

 Government hospital

1

 Philippine Congress

1

 Academe

1

Level of decision-making at the time of interview

 National level

7

 Regional level

3

 Provincial level

4

 City level

3

 Municipal level

9

 Not applicable

1

Geographic focus of role at the time of interview

 Nationwide

6

 Luzon

13

 Visayas

1

 Mindanao

7

  1. DOH Department of Health, MD Doctor of Medicine, NGO non-governmental organisation, PhilHealth Philippine Health Insurance Corporation