Table 1

Questionnaires that make up the RAPIA

Level
Issues Addressed in each RAPIA questionnaire


MACRO
- Ministry of Health
- Organisation of delivery of diabetes care
- Resources available for diabetes and insulin
- National Programs for diabetes and insulin
- Pricing of insulin
- Distribution of insulin
- Funding for insulin and diabetes
- Insulin tendering and purchase
- Ministry of Trade
- Trade issues (laws, barriers to trade)
- Trade infrastructure
- Ministry of Finance
- Funding of health system
- Taxes on insulin
- Funding for insulin and diabetes
- Private Sector
- Pricing of insulin
- Distribution of insulin
- National Diabetes Association
- Issues with diabetes and insulin
- Central Medical Store
- Insulin tendering and purchase
- Insulin distribution and storage
- Insulin pricing

MESO
- Regional/District Health Organisation
- Issues with diabetes and insulin
- Organisation of care for people with diabetes
- Hospitals, Clinics, Health Centres, Dispensaries, etc.
- Treatment and management of people with diabetes
- Access to appropriate tools to diagnose and treat patients
- Infrastructure present and/or lacking for insulin provision
- Laboratory
- Infrastructure present and/or lacking for proper diagnosis and follow-up
- Pharmacy
- Insulin distribution and storage
- Insulin pricing

MICRO
- Health Workers and Traditional Healers
- Problems encountered in diagnosis and treatment of patients
- Training
- Infrastructure present and/or lacking
- Tools present and/or lacking
- Patients
- Diagnosis
- Access to treatment
- Cost of treatment

Taken from [10]

Beran et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:17   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-17