A systematic review of the evidence of how hospitals capture financial benefits of process improvement and the impact on hospital financial performance

Table 1 Search strategy

Concept	Search strategy
Process Improvement	“quality improvement” OR “Total Quality Management” OR “process improvement” OR “Lean”
AND hospital	“hospitals” OR “healthcare” OR “healthcare management” OR “hospital operations”
AND financial impact	“healthcare costs” OR “cost benefit analysis” OR “efficiency”, OR “financial performance.”

ISSN: 1472-6963