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Table 1 Example search strategy

From: Factors associated with length of stay in care homes: a systematic review of international literature

Ovid MEDLINE

1. exp. Nursing Homes/

2. exp. Homes for the Aged/

3. “care home*”.ti.

4. “nursing home*”.ti.

5. “nursing facilit*”.ti.

6. “residential home*”.ti.

7. “residential care”.ti.

8. “residential long term care”.ti.

9. “institutionali?ed”.ti.

10. “institutional* residen*”.ti.

11. “institutional* care*”.ti.

12. (“long term” adj1 “care facilit*”).ti.

13. (“long term” adj1 “care residen*”).ti.

14. (“long term” adj1 “care institution*”).ti.

15. (“long term” adj1 “institution* care*”).ti.

16. (“institution*” adj1 “long term care*”).ti.

17. “survival”.ti,ab.

18. “mortality”.ti,ab.

19. “death”.ti,ab.

20. “length” adj1 “stay”.ti,ab.

21. “life” adj1 “expectanc*”.ti,ab.

22. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16

23. 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21

24. 22 and 23