Table 3

Ranking of Topic at the Aggregate Level

Rank
Topic
%

1
Sector Analysis
11
2
Disease burden
9
3
Management & organization
8
4
Accessibility
7

Programme evaluation
7

Research to evidence
7
5
Financing
6

Human resources
6
6
Community participation
4

Costing & cost effectiveness
4

Decentralisation/local health systems
4

Information, Education and Communication
4

Insurance
4

Pharmaceutical policy & management
4

Quality
4
7
Equity
3

Policy process
3
8
Economic policy and health
2

Information systems
2
Rank
Beneficiaries/Issue
%
1
Community
15
2
Equity/poverty
14
3
Hospital
12
4
1st level
11

Gender/women
11

Rural areas
11
5
Children/adolescents
10
6
Public private mix
6
7
Urban areas
5
8
Elderly
4
9
Indigenous peoples/traditional medicine
3
Rank
Health Problem
%
1
Reproductive health
30
2
HIV-AIDS
11

Nutrition
11

TB
11
3
Chronic
7

Environmental health
7

Malaria
7

Mental health
7
4
Other infectious
6
5
Other
3

Gonzalez-Block Health Research Policy and Systems 2004 2:6   doi:10.1186/1478-4505-2-6