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Turner J, Siriwardena AN, Coster J, et al. Developing new ways of measuring the quality and impact of ambulance service care: the PhOEBE mixed-methods research programme. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2019 Apr. (Programme Grants for Applied Research, No. 7.3.)

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Developing new ways of measuring the quality and impact of ambulance service care: the PhOEBE mixed-methods research programme.

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TABLE 15

Search strategy for systematic review 1

Database search resultsNumber of papers
MEDLINE190
Scirus23
Scopus60
Google Scholar101
Total374
Total after removal of duplicates319
MEDLINE search strategy

1 performance {Including Related Terms} (24,050)

2 Cost-Benefit Analysis/or cost effective.mp. (79,285)

3 Efficiency/or efficiency.mp. (214,001)

4 utilis$.mp. (26,792)

5 Benchmarking/or best practice.mp. (11,982)

6 benchmark$.mp. (18,516)

7 economic$.mp. or Economics/(173,384)

8 manag$.mp. (774,167)

9 clinical quality.mp. (738)

10 patient pathway$.mp. (138)

11 outcome indicator$.mp. (721)

12 or/1-11 (1,224,729)

Performance terms
13 *Ambulances/(2586)Ambulance

14 limit 13 to (english language and yr = “2000 -Current”) (826)

15 12 and 14 (190)

limits
Scirus and Scopus search strategy
ambulanceAmbulance
(performance OR “cost effective” OR efficient OR utilisation OR benchmarking OR economics OR management OR “clinical quality” OR “patient pathway” OR outcome)Performance terms
Additional search for “Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project” or EMSOP
Google Scholar19

From: Appendix 1, Systematic searches and summary of identified measures

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