Methods for medical device and equipment procurement and prioritization within low- and middle-income countries: findings of a systematic literature review

Table 2 Types of documents included in the systematic review and type of issuing organization

	Research institutions or academic groups	LMIC national health authorities	International consultants, NGOs or public health monitoring organizations	Hospitals or health care delivery facilities	Medical device manufacturers	Government sponsored donor organizations and the WorldBank	WHO and UN associate	Not identified	Total number of documents (% of total)
Article	47	8	25	16	2		25	2	125 (50%)
Guideline	1	2	6				25		34 (14%)
Manual							14		14 (6%)
Procurement notice		10	1						11 (4%)
Recommendation	4	1	5	3		5	19	1	38 (15%)
Report						1	6		7 (3%)
Other		3	3	1		2	12		21 (8%)
Total number of documents (% of total)	52 (21%)	24 (10%)	40 (16%)	20 (8%)	2 (1%)	8 (3%)	101 (40%)	3 (1%)	250

Definitions: Research institutions or academic groups = Universities, specialist research bodies or collaborations; LMIC national health authorities = national governments, government units or departments; International consultants, NGOs or public health monitoring organizations = Organizations such as Management Sciences for Health, the Centre for Disease Control among others; Hospitals or health care delivery facilities = organizations with clinical health service delivery remit; Medical device manufacturers = commercial entities and device suppliers; Government sponsored donor organizations and the World Bank = USAID, DFiD, GIZ, CIDA and the WB; WHO and UN Associate = WHO, PAHO and UNDP, UNFPA, UNAIDS; Not identified = document authors solely, no identified issuing organization
Article = peer-reviewed material published in academic journal or magazine; Bulletin = notification; Presentation = conference presentation or talk/speech; Guideline = document identifying guiding principles and procedures; Procurement notice = tendering or bidding documents, initial advertisements of tender; Recommendations = Research or review documents providing clearly stated summary recommendations; Report = document with pre-specified topic, may include research evidence, discussion of current and best practice; Other = consultative document, evaluation/audit document, information booklets, policies, resolutions, databases or spreadsheets, websites

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