“…Of the remaining sources, seven were broader systematic reviews, literature reviews, scoping studies, case studies or books that were able to consider governance more generally within health workforce [ 5 , 26 - 31 ], two were region-wide examinations of HRH units within countries [ 32 , 33 ], and six were editorials, research articles or other grey literature [ 7 , 34 - 38 ]. One publication was considered exceptionally due to its discussion of health workforce governance from a public administration perspective [ 39 ]. Six publications (including 1 editorial) were extracted from the ‘Health Workforce Governance in Europe’ special issue of Health Policy (Volume 119, Issue 12, December 2015).…”