Mandatory data sets | Available data resources | What data sources are currently available? |
Data collection tools | What are the needs of service providers around data collection tool use? |
Governmental needs | What are the governmental needs concerning data collection? |
Burden of surgical disease | What is the burden of disease? |
Service needs among service providers and users | What are the needs of service providers and users to enable data sets to capture relevant outcomes? |
Surgical workforce | Scope of practice covered by curriculum | What scope of practice should be covered by the curriculum? |
Remote supervision requirements | Which specialty levels/procedures require remote supervision? What is the best way to provide remote supervision? |
Evidence for task shifting | Does evidence support task shifting in the local setting? |
Minimum requirements for accreditation | What are the minimum requirements for accreditation of surgical providers? What constitutes locally appropriate continuous medical education? |
Appropriate number of trainees | What number of providers need to be trained to appropriately provide for the local need? |
Mapping of institutes | What is the current and desired geographical location of training institutions? |
Ideal specialist density | What is the ideal number of each surgical cadre (including specialist physicians, trainee specialists, trainees and other providers)? |
Strategies to encourage geographical retention | What will successfully encourage practitioners to remain in their geographical areas? |
Barriers to foreign registration | What are the barriers to registration of foreign providers? |
Defined packages of care | Cost effectiveness of specific procedures | What is the acceptability and cost effectiveness of specific procedures? |
Country specific DALYs | What are countries’ experienced disability-adjusted-life years for surgical conditions? |
Burden of disease | What is the burden of disease? |
Level of training required | What local level of training is required in order to perform different procedures? |
Mapping of available services, resources and providers | What services, resources (funding, equipment, infrastructure, etc) and providers (numbers, knowledge, etc) are currently available to provide surgical care? |
Costing of services and resources | What are the costs of services and resources that will be necessary to ensure adequate packages of care? |
Stakeholder input | Stakeholder understanding of data | Do patients and providers understand surgical data well enough to inform policy? |
Barriers and facilitators to transparency and trust | What are the barriers and facilitators to enable involvement of patients and providers in policy making? |