P- People with a health condition, referred to an ambulatory and/or community service | I and O-Intervention and Outcome combined as per matrix |
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Ambulatory care or ambulatory services Outpatient clinics Community service* Community health Subacute or “sub acute” Allied health Multidisciplinary Developmental delay Physio* Occupational therap* Rehabilitation Physical therap* Speech pathology or speech language pathology Continen* Incontinen* Social work Chronic disease | Wait adj5 impact Wait adj5 consequence Wait adj5 effect Wait adj5 outcome Delay* adj5 impact Delay* adj5 consequence Delay* adj5 effect Delay* adj outcome Access adj5 impact Access adj5 consequence Access adj5 effect Access adj5 outcome “response time” adj5 impact “response time” adj5 consequence “response time” adj5 effect “response time” adj5 outcome “time to treatment” adj5 impact “time to treatment” adj5 consequence “time to treatment” adj5 effect “time to treatment” adj5 outcome Timely adj5 impact Timely adj5 consequence Timely adj5 effect Timely adj5 outcome |
“P” terms combined with “or” in medline yielded 1,867,226 | “I and O” terms combined with “or” yielded 7756 articles (medline) |
“P” combined with “I and O” using “or” yielded 750 in medline. | |
Same strategy applied through Embase, Psych Info and CINAHL yielded 3186 | |
With duplicates removed, final number of articles considered- 2327 |