Table 3

Profile of reviewed studies

Policy stage
StageNo of papers
Agenda setting and formulation67
Agenda setting, formulation and implementation2
Implementation-national level4
Implementation-service delivery level11
Reform issue
Financing28
NHI11
PBF5
General health financing4
User fees4
User fees and NHI1
CBHI1
Earmarked tax for HIV/AIDS1
Financial protection1
Reproductive, maternal and child health12
Abortion4
Maternal health4
Maternal and child health3
Child health1
HIV/AIDS9
ARV policy4
VMMC2
General HIV/AIDS policy2
PMTCT1
Service delivery6
Doctors and nurses4
Community health workers1
General1
Other reform issues3
Location of first authors
Regional locationNo of papers
Africa52
Africa/Europe5
Europe17
North America4
USA6
Years of publication
Years of publicationNo of papers
2002–201422
2015–202262
  • ARV, Antiretroviral; CBHI, Community-Based Health Insurance; NHI, National Health Insurance; PBF, Perfomance-Based Financing; PMTCT, Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission; VMMC, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision.