Specialty search strings used to search PubMed

Candace Imison; Lara Sonola; Matthew Honeyman; Shilpa Ross; Nigel Edwards

Appendix 7Specialty search strings used to search PubMed

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Imison C, Sonola L, Honeyman M, et al. Insights from the clinical assurance of service reconfiguration in the NHS: the drivers of reconfiguration and the evidence that underpins it – a mixed-methods study. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2015 Mar. (Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 3.9.) Appendix 7, Specialty search strings used to search PubMed.

Specialty	String	Number of results	Results after sifting	Time span of original results
Search date: 4 October 2013
Acute medicine	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (acute medicine[title/abstract] OR acute medical[title/abstract])	16	8	1994–2013
Accident and emergency	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (accident and emergency[title/abstract] OR accident & emergency[title/abstract])	42	7	1986–2013
Emergency care or urgent care	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (emergency care[title/abstract] OR urgent care[title/abstract])	45	11	1986–2013
Elective surgery	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract]) OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract] AND (elective surgery[title/abstract] OR elective care [title/abstract])	19	4	N/A–2013
Intermediate care	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (intermediate care[title/abstract])	7	3	N/A–2013
Mental health	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (mental health[title/abstract] OR psychiatry[title/abstract])	376	31	1972–2013
Maternity	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (maternity[title/abstract] OR obstetrics[title/abstract])	95	31	1970–2013
Paediatric	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (paediatric[title/abstract])	91	26	1984–2013
Trauma	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (trauma services[title/abstract] OR trauma[title/abstract] OR trauma surgery[title/abstract])	303	22	1993–2013
Second search
Emergency surgery	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (emergency surgery[title/abstract])	8	3	1981–2013
Neonatal care	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (NEONATAL[title/abstract])	367	5
Stroke, heart and cardiac care	(reconfiguration[title/abstract] OR reorganisation[title/abstract] OR redesign[title/abstract] OR sustainability[title/abstract] OR centralisation[title/abstract] OR decentralisation[title/abstract] OR configuration[title/abstract]) AND (stroke care[title/abstract] OR cardiac care[title/abstract] OR heart care[title/abstract] OR cardiac unit [title/abstract] OR stroke unit[title/abstract])	29	6	1989–2013

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