Table 4

Beneficiaries/Issues According to Topic


Beneficiaries or Issues






Topic
Elderly
Children
Community
Primary
Hospital
Urban
Rural
Equity
Gender
Indigenous peoples/traditional medicine
Public private mix
TOTAL



A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
n =
B

Accessibility


2
3
10
7
7
7
10
8
7
12
19
20
17
14
19
17
2
11
7
7
42
10
Community participation
9
20
4
3
43
19
13
7


13
12
4
3


13
7




23
6
costing & cost effectiveness


13
3
13
2


38
6
13
4
13
3
13
2






8
2
Decentralisation/local health systems


13
5
27
7
7
2


13
8
27
10
7
2
7
2




15
4
Disease burden
15
50
21
19
3
2
3
2
6
4
12
15
9
8
6
4
24
17
3
11


34
8
Economic policy and health
14
10
43
8










14
2
29
4




7
2
Equity
6
10


6
2








78
28


11
22


18
4
Financing




39
17




4
4
9
5
39
18
4
2


4
2
23
6
Human resources




29
9
35
15
6
2
6
4
18
8




6
11


17
4
Inform. Educ. & Communication


21
8


7
2
7
2
14
8
14
5


36
11




14
3
Information systems




25
4
38
7
13
2


13
3
13
2






8
2
Insurance




44
13




13
8
19
8
13
4


6
11
6
2
16
4
Management & Organization


2
3
9
7
9
10
49
48
2
4
11
13
2
2
4
4


13
14
47
12
Pharmaceutical policy & Mgmnt.






17
5
33
8


8
3
25
6
8
2
8
11


12
3
Policy process




50
6




17
4


33
4






6
1
Programme evaluation
2
10
22
24
2
2
17
17
5
4
12
19
2
3
2
2
2
2


32
30
41
10
Quality




7
2
20
7
47
15


7
3


13
4


7
2
15
4
Research to evidence






33
2






33
2




33
2
3
1
Sector Analysis


11
11


11
10




8
8
11
8
8
7
3
11
47
40
36
9
None


26
14
5
2
11
5




5
3


47
20
5
11

0
19
5
n

10

37

54

41

48

26

40

50

46

9

43
404
100
%
2
100
9
100
13
100
10
100
12
100
6
100
10
100
12
100
11
100
2
100
11
100



A = % across the row ; B = % down the column

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