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Table 1 Distribution of the included articles by country/countries (n = 125)

From: The use of positive deviance approach to improve health service delivery and quality of care: a scoping review

Country of Study

Frequency

Percent

Citation

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2

1.6

[23, 24]

Brazil

4

3.2

[25,26,27,28]

Canada

10

8

[29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38]

Colombia

1

0.8

[39]

Democratic Republic of Congo

1

0.8

[40]

Denmark

2

1.6

[41, 42]

Ethiopia

2

1.6

[43, 44]

Germany

2

1.6

[45, 46]

Indonesia

2

1.6

[47, 48]

Israel

4

3.2

[49,50,51,52]

Italy

1

0.8

[53]

Multinational

11

8.8

[20, 54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63]

Nepal

2

1.6

[64, 65]

Netherlands

1

0.8

[66]

Norway

1

0.8

[67]

Poland

1

0.8

[68]

Tanzania

1

0.8

[69]

Uganda

2

1.6

[70, 71]

United Kingdom

8

6.4

[72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79]

United States

66

52.8

[11, 80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144]

Vietnam

1

0.8

[145]

Total

125

100.0

125