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Table 2 Included citations indexed in MEDLINE and EMBASE (n/%)

From: Improving search efficiency for systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy: an exploratory study to assess the viability of limiting to MEDLINE, EMBASE and reference checking

Project

Included studies (n = )

Included studies indexed in MEDLINE

Included studies indexed in EMBASE

Included studies indexed in both MEDLINE and EMBASE

Included studies indexed in one database but not the other: MEDLINE/EMBASE

Included studies not indexed in either MEDLINE or EMBASE

Holmes (2014)

51

48 (94 %)

51 (100 %)

48/51 (94 %)

0/3

0

Ward (2013)

32

23 (72 %)

27 (84 %)

22/32 (69 %)

1/5

4

Simpson (2013)

44

44 (100 %)

44 (100 %)

44/44 (100 %)

0/0

0

Goodacre (2013)

40

38a (95 %)

40 (100 %)

38/40 (95 %)

0/2

0

Stevenson (2012)

17

12 (80 %)

13 (87 %)

12/17 (80 %)

0/1

4

Cooper (2011)

45

40 (89 %)

39 (87 %)

39/45 (87 %)

1/0

5

Sutcliffe (2009)

30

29 (97 %)

30 (100 %)

29/30 (97 %)

0/1

0

Pandor (2004)

15

13 (87 %)

10 (66 %)

10/15 (66 %)

3/0

2

Kaltenthaler (2004)

28

28 (100 %)

23 (82 %)

23/28 (82 %)

5/0

0

Total

302

275 (91 %)

277 (92 %)

265 (88 %)

10/12

15 (5 %)

  1. aOne had not been fully published at the time of the report but existed as an “epub”, but it would have been retrieved by the strategy