From: Appendix 1, Systematic searches and summary of identified measures
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Database search results | Number of papers |
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CINAHL | 434 |
Cochrane | 570 |
MEDLINE | 2726 |
EMBASE | 2259 |
Web of Science | 78 |
Total | 6067 |
Total after removal of duplicates | 5088 |
MEDLINE and EMBASE search strategy | |
1 age factors/ (339,379) 2 sex factors/ (190,416) 3 risk factors/ (466,520) 4 socioeconomic factors/ (94,879) 5 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 (931,516) | Factors effecting performance |
6 Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems/ (1385) 7 emergency medical services/ (27,586) 8 emergency medical technicians/ (4414) 9 ambulances/ (4418) 10 transportation of patients/ (7475) 11 emergency service, hospital/ (35,248) 12 trauma centers/ (5254) 13 first aid/ (6667) 14 air ambulances/ (1586) 15 emergency medicine/ (8598) 16 intubation, intratracheal/ (26,814) 17 resuscitation/ (20,109) 18 infusions, intravenous/ (44,377) 19 critical care/ (22,332) 20 emergency treatment/ (7111) 21 or/6-20 (197,189) | Emergency services terms |
22 quality of health care/ (49,639) 23 quality assurance, health care/ (44,252) 24 Prognosis/ (314,870) 25 treatment outcome/ (496,656) 26 time factors/ (908,764) 27 injury severity score/ (8750) 28 Trauma Severity Indices/ (4625) 29 survival rate/ (106,582) 30 survival analysis/ (85,469) 31 length of stay/ (48,560) 32 severity of illness index/ (136,335) 33 “Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)”/ (19,308) 34 “Outcome Assessment (Health Care)”/ (40,411) 35 hospitalization/ (61,536) 36 forecasting/ (65,384) 37 Glasgow Coma Scale/ (5589) 38 hospital mortality/ (17,030) 39 mortality/ (31,411) 40 or/22-39 (2,072,503) | Quality-of-care terms |
41 5 and 21 and 40 (4901) | |
42 medical audit/ (13,307) 43 prospective studies/ (306,088) 44 retrospective studies/ (395,821) 45 evaluation studies as topic/ (119,831) 46 practice guidelines as topic/ (64,559) 47 health care surveys/ (19,579) 48 program evaluation/ (39,204) 49 cross-sectional studies/ (131,582) 50 follow-up studies/ (433,177) 51 cohort studies/ (127,326) 52 Cost-benefit analysis/ (52,318) 53 Chi-Square Distribution/ (47,593) 54 Pilot Projects/ (68,129) 55 research/ (163,768) 56 Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/ (76,653) 57 “costs and cost analysis”/ (39,208) 58 or/42-57 (1,788,497) | Limit by study type |
59 5 and 21 and 40 and 58 (2726) | |
Web of Science strategy | |
TS = (“age factor*” or “sex factor*” or “risk factor *” or “socioeconomic factor*”) | Factors effecting performance |
ts = (“emergency Medical Service Communication System*” or “emergency medical service” or “emergency medical technician” or ambulance* or “transportation of patient*” or “hospital emergency service” or “trauma center” or “first aid” or “emergency medicine” or “intratracheal intubation” or resuscitation or “intravenous intubation” or “critical care” or “emergency treatment”) | Emergency services terms |
ts = (“quality of health care” or “health care quality assurance” or prognosis or “treatment outcome” or “time factor*” or “injury severity score” or “trauma severity indices” or “survival rate” or “survival analysis” or “length of stay” or “severity of illness index” or “outcome and process assessment” or “outcome assessment” or hospitalization or forecasting or “glasgow coma scale” or “hospital mortality” or “mortality”) | Quality of care terms |
ts = (“medical audit” or “prospective stud*” or “evaluation stud*” or “practice guideline*” or “health care survey*” or “program evaluation” or “cross?sectional stud*” or “follow?up stud*” or “cohort stud*” or “cost?benefit analysis” or “chi-square distribution” or “pilot project*” or research or “randomized control trial*” or “costs and cost analysis”) | Limit by study type |
#1 and #2 and #3 and #4 |
From: Appendix 1, Systematic searches and summary of identified measures
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