Table 6 Comparison of most cited and most highly ranked questions by activity
Rank | Most Cited: Scoping Review (count) | Rank | Most Cited: Policy-Maker Interviews (count) | Rank | Highest ranked (% votes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Q13: What are the pathways through which social protection programs affect clinical and nonclinical outcomes, and what are the implications on program design? [13] | 1 | Q25: How can routine information systems be strengthened and used to monitor and evaluate social protection systems for health? [13] | 1 | Q6: How can social protection programs for health be designed, implemented, and evaluated to ensure sustainability and scalability in low and middle-income countries, including conflict affected settings? (80.5%) |
2 | Q1: What are the effects of conditional cash transfer programs on healthcare quality, coverage and outcomes across settings in low and middle-income countries? [11] | 2 | Q21: How can various social protection initiatvies be best inegrated or harmonized across sectors? [12] | 2 | Q29: What are the contextual factors that influence the effectiveness of conditional and unconditional cash transfer schemes for health? (71.1%) |
3 | Q30: What are the effects of unconditional cash transfer programs on healthcare quality, coverage and outcomes across settings in low and middle-income countries? [9] | 3 | Q19: What tools and systems can be used to assess and apply eligibility criteria for health-related social protection programs? [8] | 3 | Q21: How can various social protection initiatives be best integrated or harmonized across sectors? (66.7%) |
3 | Q12: How cost-effective are CCT programs compared with other types of demand side interventions (e.g. UCTs, vouchers, behavior change, communication) in improving health coverage and health outcomes? [9] | 4 | Q18: What is the extent of fraud and abuse in health-related social protection programs, and how can social protection programs be designed to show accountability? [6] | 4 | Q11: How cost-effective are CCT programs compared to supply-side interventions (e.g. strengthening quality of infrastructure and expanding services) in improving health? (65.9%) |
4 | Q8: How do the characteristics of food aid programs (e.g. source, amount, frequency, mode, recipient etc.) affect intended health-related outcomes (e.g. morbidity, sustained behavior changes, drug adherence, labor market participation etc.)? [6] | 5 | Q4: What are the long-term effects of cash transfer programs or social protection programs on behavior change, and how sustainable have they been? [5] | 5 | Q3: What are the impacts of social protection programs in conflict affected settings and their effectiveness in improving health outcomes and access to health services? (63.6%) |
5 | Q26: How can informal sector and migrant workers be effectively covered by health-related social protection systems? [5] |