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Table 1 The search strategy of the study

From: A mapping of facilitators and barriers to evidence-based management in health systems: a scoping review study

Databases: Cochrane, ISI web of science, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, ProQuest, Embase

Limits: language: English; in title/abstract (keywords); full text available; document type: article, review, dissertation and thesis

Publication date: 2000 up to 25 August 2020

#1

“Evidence-Based Decision-Making” OR “Evidence-Based Management” OR “Evidence-Based Policy-Making” OR “Evidence-Informed Decision-Making” OR “Evidence-Informed Policy-making”

#2

Barrier* OR limit* OR inhibit* OR hinder* OR prevent* OR prohibit* OR obstacle* OR hurdle*

#3

Facilitate* OR accelerate* OR enable*

#4

Health* OR hospital*

Search strategy

1. #1 AND #2 AND #4

2. #1 AND #3 AND #4

Example (Scopus database)

1. ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( “Evidence-Based Decision-Making” OR “Evidence-Based Management” OR “Evidence-Based Policy-Making” OR “Evidence-Informed Decision-Making” OR “Evidence-Informed Policy-making” ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( barrier* OR limit* OR inhibit* OR hinder* OR prevent* OR prohibit* OR obstacle* OR hurdle* ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( health* OR hospital* ) AND LANGUAGE ( english ) ) AND DOCTYPE ( ar OR re ) AND PUBYEAR > 2000

2. ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( “Evidence-Based Decision-Making” OR “Evidence-Based Management” OR “Evidence-Based Policy-Making” OR “Evidence-Informed Decision-Making” OR “Evidence-Informed Policy-making” ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( facilitate* OR accelerate* OR enable* ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( health* OR hospital* ) AND LANGUAGE ( english ) ) AND DOCTYPE ( ar OR re ) AND PUBYEAR > 2000