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Table 1 Search strategy

From: Palliative care in South Asia: a systematic review of the evidence for care models, interventions, and outcomes

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Searches

Results

1

hospice.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

27026

2

terminal.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

791480

3

terminal care.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

44526

4

terminally ill.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

22478

5

palliat*.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

163014

6

hospice*.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

29311

7

dying.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

82104

8

end of life.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

31866

9

advanced disease.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

30523

10

life-limiting.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

1977

11

life-threatening.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

122999

12

death.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

1327164

13

bereavement.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

19321

14

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

2372812

15

Asia.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

148258

16

South-Asia.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

4821

17

SAARC.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

39

18

India.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

228512

19

Pakistan.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

33005

20

Bangladesh.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

20922

21

Afghanistan.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

9927

22

Nepal.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

13672

23

Sri Lanka.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

11947

24

Bhutan.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

733

25

Maldives.mp. [mp = ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, ps, rs, an, ui, tc, id, tm]

376

26

15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25

415069

27

14 and 26

20649

28

limit 27 to english language

18910

29

limit 28 to human

17046

30

limit 29 to yr = “1980 -Current”

16470

  1. Database(s): Embase 1980 to 2013 Week 33, Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1980 to August Week 3 2013, PsycINFO, 1806 to September week 1 2013.