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Table 3 Data charting categories and definitions

From: Resilience of primary healthcare system across low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Categories

Definitions

Code

Specific identifiable document code

Publication date

Month and year of publication

Source citation

Publication bibliographical information

Title

Study/literature title

Country

Name of the country where the study took place or the focus of the publication

Publication type

Type of document included for the study as outlined in the eligibility criteria (journal article, any report, policy guidance, guidance notes, document, editorial, rapid review, policy brief, etc.)

Components of WHO building blocks

WHO six building blocks include leadership and governance, health workforce, health financing, service delivery, health information system, and supplies and equipment

Targeted service

Essential PHC services include immunization, nutrition, child health, maternal health, adolescent health, mental health, elderly care, reproductive health, health promotion, health education surveillance, monitoring, community engagement, etc.

Health settings

Health settings include community level, PHC facility level, or policy/system level (with a focus on PHC)

Strategies adopted by countries

Resilience measures (absorptive, adaptive, and transformative) taken by the country or any other action whose principal intent is towards continuity of PHC services or reducing the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care/essential services

Outcome

The outcome is in line with the objective of the paper. Concerning the scoping review, this includes what measures were adopted during the pandemic

Recommendations

Considering coping measures and overall response as well as what suggestions and recommendations were made or suggested in the included literature