Table 2 Categories of information in the data extraction form

Author and year of publication

Type of paper (original research article, systematic review, conference proceedings), focus country(ies)

Magnitude of the focus on country ownership (strong: main topic of the paper, or moderate: secondary topic or sub-section of the paper)

Focus health financing polic(ies) (user fee exemption, health insurance,…)

Description of the main topic of investigation

Study design (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods)

Methods used (case study, stakeholders analysis, literature review, etc.)

Findings at the emergence stage

Findings at the formulation stage

Findings at the funding stage

Findings at the implementation stage

Findings at the evaluation stage

Results on overall government ownership

Discussion and observations notes