Table 2 Searches conducted throughout databases and the grey literature

Databases

• Ovid Medline

• EBSCO CINAHL

• Informit

• Cochrane Library

(visiting OR outreach OR mobile OR “fly in fly out” OR fifo OR “drive in drive out” OR locum$ OR “hub and spoke”) AND (primary health care OR primary care) AND (rural OR remote) AND (evaluat$ OR efficien$ OR impact OR effective$)

Grey Literature

• Healthinfonet (www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au)

• National Rural Health Alliance (http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/)

• Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (www.sarrah.org.au)

• CRANAplus (https://crana.org.au/)

• Health Systems Evidence (http://www.healthsystemsevidence.org)

• Australia Institute of Health and Welfare (http://www.aihw.gov.au/)

• Health Workforce Australia (http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/hwa-archived-publications)

• Northern Territory Government Department of Health (http://www.health.nt.gov.au/)

• Western Australian Government Department of Health (http://www.health.wa.gov.au/home/)

• South Australian Government Department of Health (http://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au)

• Tasmanian Government Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/)

• Victorian Government Department of Health (http://www.health.vic.gov.au/)

• New South Wales Government Department of Health (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au)

• Queensland Government Department of Health (http://www.health.qld.gov.au/)

• Australian Government Department of Health (http://www.health.gov.au/)

The same search terms were used for these websites as was used for the databases.