Table 1 Proposed MEDLINE search strategy developed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Search strategy |
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1 QUALITY INDICATOR$.mp. |
2 exp Quality Indicators, Health Care/og, st, ut [Organization & Administration, Standards, Utilization] |
3 exp QUALITY INDICATOR$, HEALTHCARE/ |
4 PATIENT-CENTERED CARE/ |
5 exp “Standard of Care”/og, st [Organization & Administration, Standards] |
6 Quality Assurance, Health Care/mt, og, st [Methods, Organization & Administration, Standards] |
7 QUALITY CRITERIA.mp. |
8 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.mp. or Quality Improvement/ |
9 QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE/ |
10 PROCESS ASSESSMENT HEALTH CARE.mp. or “Process Assessment(Health Care)”/ |
11 GUIDELINES AS TOPIC/ |
12 PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC/ |
13 exp Practice Guideline/ |
14 BEST PRACTICE/ |
15 PALLIATIVE CARE/ |
16 HOSPICE PROGRAMS.mp. or exp Hospice Care/ |
17 HOSPICE.mp. and PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING/[mp=ti, ab, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, ui, tc, id, tm] |
18 "Quality of Life"/or PALLIATIVE MEDICINE.mp. or exp Palliative Medicine/ |
19 DAY CARE/ |
20 REHABILITATION/ |
21 Complementary Therapies/or THERAP$, COMPLEMENTARY.mp. |
22 THERAPY, RELAXATION/ |
23 exp Relaxation/px, tu [Psychology, Therapeutic Use] |
24 INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS/ |
25 INTRAVENOUS INFUSION$.mp. or exp Infusions, Intravenous/ |
26 MANAGEMENT, PAIN/ |
27 exp Pain Management/mt, nu, px, st [Methods, Nursing, Psychology, Standards] |
28 SUPPORT SYSTEM, PSYCHOSOCIAL/ |
29 DELPHI TECHNIQUE$.mp. |
30 CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT.mp. |
31 Q SORT.mp. |
32 RAND APPROPRIATENESS METHOD.tw. |
33 RAND APPROPRIATENESS.mp. |
34 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 |
35 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 |
36 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 |
37 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 |
38 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 |
39 34 and 36 |
40 19 and 34 |
41 34 and 37 |
42 34 and 35 |
43 34 and 38 |
44 limit 39 to human |
45 limit 44 to yr=“1990 -Current” |
46 limit 40 to human |
47 limit 46 to yr=“1990 -Current” |
48 limit 41 to human |
49 limit 48 to yr=“1990 -Current” |
50 limit 42 to human |
51 limit 50 to yr=“1990 -Current” |
52 limit 43 to human |
53 limit 52 to yr=“1990 -Current” |