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Table 1 Medline search terms used to identify relevant articles on palliative care models, service planning tools and palliative care needs of Australians in searches conducted on 4 th April 2012

From: Elements of effective palliative care models: a rapid review

1.

exp advance care planning/OR exp attitude to death/OR exp bereavement/OR exp terminal care/OR exp hospices/OR exp life support care/OR exp palliative care/OR exp terminally ill/OR death/OR palliate$.mp OR hospice$.mp OR terminal care.mp

2.

(dying.mp OR death.mp OR end of life.mp) AND (imminen$.mp OR nearing.mp OR last day$.mp OR last week.mp OR last hour$.mp OR final day$.mp OR final week.mp OR final hour$.mp OR critical pathway$.mp)

3.

1 OR 2

4.

exp delivery of health care/AND (exp models, theoretical/OR exp models, economic/)

5.

exp Community Health Planning/OR exp health care reform/OR exp decision making, organizational/OR exp planning techniques/OR exp Health Services Needs and Demand/OR exp healthcare disparities/

6.

(exp Australia/OR Australia$.mp) AND (exp attitude/OR attitude$.mp OR belief$.mp OR knowledge.mp or “unmet need$”.mp)

7.

4 OR 5 OR 6

8.

3 AND 7 (limit publication date to 2001-current)

  1. Only results relating to palliative care models are reported in this paper.