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Table 1 Search strategy—Medline

From: Frailty inclusive care in acute and community-based settings: a systematic review protocol

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Searches

1

Frail Elderly/

2

Frailty/

3

Geriatric Assessment/

4

Sarcopenia/

5

(frail* or nonfrail*).tw,kf.

6

(Fried* adj2 (definition or index or phenotyp* or scor*)).tw,kf.

7

(functional-status and (low or poor*)).tw,kf.

8

(geriatric adj2 (assess* or evaluat* or screen*)).tw,kf.

9

sarcop?eni*.tw,kf.

10

or/1-9 [MeSH & Keywords for Frailty]

11

Clinical Protocols/

12

Critical Pathways/

13

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery/

14

Patient Care Planning/

15

((care or clinical or critical) adj protocol*).tw,kf.

16

(enhanced-recovery adj2 (path* or program* or protocol* or surg*)).tw,kf.

17

eras.tw,kf.

18

erp*.tw,kf.

19

(fasttrack* or fast-track*).tw,kf.

20

((multicomponent or multi*-component* or multidimens* or multi-dimens* or multimodal or multi-modal) adj2 (intervention* or program*)).tw,kf.

21

pathway*.tw,kf.

22

(rapid* adj2 recover*).tw,kf.

23

or/11-22 [MeSH & Keywords for Pathways]

24

10 and 23

25

*economics/

26

exp *"Costs and Cost Analysis"/

27

(economic adj2 model*).mp.

28

(cost minimi* or cost-utilit* or health utilit* or economic evaluation* or economic review* or cost outcome or cost analys?s or economic analys?s or budget* impact analys?s).ti,ab,kf,kw.

29

(cost-effective* or cost-benefit or costs).ti,kf,kw.

30

(life year or life years or qaly* or cost-benefit analys?s or cost-effectiveness analys?s).ab,kf,kw.

31

(cost or economic*).ti,kf,kw. and (costs or cost-effectiveness or markov).ab.

32

or/25-31 [Adapted from the CADTH Narrow Economic Filter]

33

randomized controlled trial.pt.

34

clinical trial.pt.

35

randomi?ed.tw.

36

randomly.tw.

37

trial.tw.

38

groups.tw.

39

or/33-38 [Adapted from the Cochrane Filter for RCTs]

40

(pretest* or pre-test*).tw,kf.

41

pre-post-test*.tw,kf.

42

(quasiexperimental or quasi-experimental).tw,kf.

43

repeated-measur*.tw,kf.

44

time-series.tw,kf.

45

(patient? or hospital$).hw. and (study or studies).ti,hw.

46

(controlled adj3 before adj3 after).tw.

47

((before adj10 (after or during)) and control).tw.

48

or/40-47 [MeSH & keywords for quasiexperimental design]

49

24 and (32 or 39 or 48)

50

limit 49 to yr="2000 -Current"

51

remove duplicates from 50