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Table 2 Key themes, topics, and framing questions to guide data reporting and analysis

From: The political economy of priority-setting for health in South Sudan: a case study of the Health Pooled Fund

Theme

Topic

Framing Questions

Context

Historical legacies

What is the past history of the sector, including previous health sector reforms and experience of crisis?

How has this impacted the health sector and health needs?

Content

HPF programming

What does HPF programming consist of? What relevant policy frameworks inform programming?

Shifts in HPF programming and HPF3 programming

What shifts have occurred over the roll-out of HPF? What key shifts have determined HPF3 programming?

Institutions

Formal Institutions

Which governing structures and formal mandates inform the priority-setting environment?

Informal Institutions

Which informal institutions and mandates inform the priority-setting environment?

Rules of engagement

Which rules of engagement dictate stakeholders’ involvement in priority-setting?

Actors

Roles

Who are the key stakeholders in HPF? What are their roles?

Interests + Ideas

What are the key interests of each stakeholder with regards to HPF programming? What ideas inform these interests? How do these interests play out in practice?

Process

Chronology

What are the steps of the priority-setting process(es)

Explicit elements of the process

Which explicit priority-setting processes inform HPF service coverage, programming, and implementation?

Implicit elements of the process

Which implicit priority-setting processes inform HPF service coverage, programming, and implementation?