Key informant interviews
The semi-structured interviews were determined by the issues under investigation-formulating and implementing policies and response to hypertension and diabetes management. Consequently, purposive sampling was used to select participants for the interviews as suggested by Cresswell (2013). Identification of participants for the study was influenced by the objectives of the study and the judgment of the research team. Selection was based on key stakeholder categories in the formulation and implementation of policies for managing and responding to hypertension and diabetes. Participants were sampled based on the following:
- Personnel in health policy formulation and implementation in Ghana
- Member of a patient group organization
- Payers
- Health providers
- Health managers or administrators, and
- Participants from patient advocacy group
Participants were selected from the following organizations: the MOH, the GHS (both national and district level), The National Diabetes Association (NDA), the
Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). An experience level of two years was required for inclusion in the study. In all, 26 participants were interviewed (See Table 1):