Distribution of papers by health system level, access to medicine domain and research issue, 2000–2010
| Classification/categories | Frequency (N) | Per cent* |
|---|---|---|
| Health system levels | ||
| Health sector (policies or institutions) | 41 | 35.34 |
| Health services delivery | 30 | 25.86 |
| Patients, households and communities | 28 | 24.14 |
| National policies or institutions cutting across sectors | 11 | 9.48 |
| Regional and international policies and institutions | 6 | 5.17 |
| Domains | ||
| Leadership and governance | 25 | 26.04 |
| Sustainable financing and affordability and price of medicines | 22 | 22.92 |
| Medicines selection and use | 21 | 21.88 |
| Availability of medicines | 16 | 16.67 |
| Human resources for health | 3 | 3.13 |
| Quality of medicines and quality and quality assurance systems | 3 | 3.13 |
| Medicines information and information systems | 2 | 2.08 |
| N/A | 4 | 4.17 |
| Research issue | ||
| Medicines use | 14 | 18.20 |
| Availability | 13 | 16.90 |
| Medicines price/affordability | 11 | 14.30 |
| Financing model of medicines | 10 | 13.00 |
| Health litigation | 9 | 11.70 |
| Policy implementation | 9 | 11.70 |
| Multisource medicines/generics | 8 | 10.40 |
| Legislation and regulation | 5 | 6.50 |
| Good pharmacy practices | 4 | 5.20 |
| IP-related issues | 4 | 5.20 |
| Evidence and health policy | 3 | 3.90 |
| Methods | 3 | 3.90 |
| Socioeconomic determinants | 3 | 3.90 |
| Healthcare and medicines seeking behavior | 2 | 2.60 |
| Provision model of medicines | 2 | 2.60 |
| Human resources for health | 1 | 1.30 |
| Global policies and human rights | 1 | 1.30 |
| Production of medicines | 1 | 1.30 |
| Traditional medicine | 1 | 1.30 |
Categories are not mutually exclusive.