| Inclusion | Scientific literature (peer reviewed academic papers) published in English. Empirical research material or review articles on health reforms in SSA Studies from countries in SSA. Studies on policy environment, policy context, policy design, policy processes, policy change or politics of policy change related to health reforms. Policy studies including analysis of ideas and experiences of stakeholders in decision-making related to policy design, policy processes or policy change.
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| Exclusion | Conference proceedings, position/opinion/advocacy papers, commentaries, editorials, institutional reports, study protocols. Studies from outside SSA.
| Presence of theory or framework ex post. Frameworks announced but none referred to explicitly (no reference from the literature). Frameworks without any empirical application. Theory-driven evaluation (intervention theory and logical models for policy evaluation).
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