Table 1 Search strategy used in PubMed, which was adapted to other databases
From: Assessing the quality of hospital outpatient services in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Database | Set | Strategy | Records (No) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PubMed | #1 | MeSH | “Quality of health care” | 8,060,831 |
Title & Abstract | Service quality” OR “Quality of service” OR “Health quality” OR “Quality of health care” | |||
#2 | MeSH | “Outpatient clinics, hospital” OR “Ambulatory care” | 284,538 | |
Title & Abstract | Outpatient OR “Outpatient clinics, hospital” OR Ambulatory OR “Ambulatory care” | |||
#3 | MeSH | Iran | 64,713 | |
Title & Abstract | Iran | |||
#4 | Â | #1 AND #2 AND #3 | 404 | |