Table 1 Search strategy summary for the scoping review
| Inclusion criteria |
• Publication years 1991–2020 • Peer-reviewed publications, gray literature, government reports, reports of consultants, policy documents, unpublished reports • English and Persian language; focused on hospital autonomy in Iran |
| Exclusion criteria |
• Editorials/commentaries, letters, conference abstracts • Papers focused on privatization or public-private partnerships |
| PubMed search string (final version) | • Search (((((((((((((((((“organizational reform”) OR autonomy [Abstract]) OR autonomization [Abstract]) OR autonomisation [Abstract]) OR corporate [Abstract]) OR corporatization [Abstract]) OR corporatisation [Abstract]) OR corporation*[Abstract]) OR decentralization [Abstract]) OR decentralisation [Abstract]) OR board of trustees*[Abstract]) OR board of directors*[Abstract]) AND hospital) AND Iran))))) |