Table 2 Search strategy for MEDLINE (Ovid) and initial hits

1

(facilitator* or facilitative or facilitation).ti,ab,kf

57,253

2

facilitat*.ti

42,006

3

or/1–2

86,239

4

exp Evidence-Based Practice/

88,585

5

(ebp or ebm or ebn or cpg* or best practice*).ti,ab,kf

71,066

6

(evidence adj2 practice*).ti,ab,kf

17,982

7

(guideline* adj2 (implement* or adher*)).ti,ab,kf

9541

8

Guideline Adherence/

32,298

9

Quality Assurance, Health Care/

55,944

10

Benchmarking/

13,496

11

Guidelines as Topic/

40,056

12

Practice Guidelines as Topic/

119,138

13

(quality adj1 (improv* or manag*)).ti,ab,kf

74,492

14

exp Diffusion of Innovation/

19,994

15

((evidence or knowledge or research) adj2 ("use" or utili* or adopt* or implement* or disseminat* or uptake or transfer* or translat* or support)).ti,ab,kf

102,879

16

(innovation adj2 adopt*).ti,ab,kf

277

17

or/4–16

543,187

18

3 and 17

5499