Table 1. Article Search Techniques Used in a Systematic Review on Barriers That Interfere with Access to Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment in Countries Globally.

Database/Search Strategya
EMBASE: 1,455 publications
#1 ‘access’/exp OR access OR ‘accessibility’/exp OR accessibility OR accessing
#2 ‘access’/exp OR access OR ‘accessibility’/exp OR accessibility OR accessing
#3 ‘treatment’/exp OR treatment OR ‘therapy’/exp OR therapy OR treat OR ‘diagnosis’/exp OR diagnosis OR ‘diagnostic’/exp OR diagnostic OR ‘health services’/exp OR ‘health services’ OR ‘health service’/exp OR ‘health service’ OR ‘health system’/exp OR ‘health system’ OR ‘health care’/exp OR ‘health care’ OR ‘health-care’/exp OR ‘health-care’ OR ‘health facility’/exp OR ‘health facility’ OR ‘health facilities’/exp OR ‘health facilities’
#4 ‘tuberculosis’/exp OR tuberculosis OR ‘tb’/exp OR tb
#5 ‘patients’/exp OR patients OR ‘patient’/exp OR patient OR case OR cases OR ‘inpatients’/exp OR inpatients OR ‘inpatient’/exp OR inpatient OR ‘outpatients’/exp OR outpatients OR ‘outpatient’/exp OR outpatient OR ‘healthcare professionals’ OR ‘healthcare professional’/exp OR ‘healthcare professional’ OR ‘health care professionals’ OR ‘health-care professionals’ OR ‘health-care professional’/exp OR ‘health-care professional’ OR ‘health professionals’ OR ‘health care professional’/exp OR ‘health care professional’ OR ‘caregivers’/exp OR caregivers OR 'caregiver’/exp OR caregiver OR ‘health care practitioners’ OR ‘health care practitioner’/exp OR ‘health care practitioner’ OR ‘health-care practitioners’ OR ‘health-care practitioner’/exp OR ‘health-care practitioner’ OR ‘healthcare practitioners’ OR ‘healthcare practitioner’/exp OR ‘healthcare practitioner’ OR ‘doctor’/exp OR doctor OR ‘physician’/exp OR physician OR ‘physicians’/exp OR physicians OR ‘nurse’/exp OR nurse OR ‘nurses’/exp OR nurses OR ‘nursing’/exp OR nursing
#6 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND #5
#7 #6 AND [embase]/lim
Scopus: 1,112 publications
TITLE-ABS-KEY(Barriers OR barrier OR problems OR problem OR obstacles OR obstacle OR difficulties OR difficulty OR impediments OR impediment OR hurdles OR hurdle) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(Access OR accessibility OR accessing) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(treatment OR therapy OR treat OR diagnosis OR diagnostic OR ″health services″ OR ″health service″ OR ″health system″ OR ″health care″ OR ″health-care″ OR ″health facility″ OR ″health facilities″) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(Tuberculosis OR TB) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(patients OR patient OR case OR cases OR inpatients OR inpatient OR outpatients OR outpatient OR ″healthcare professionals″ OR ″healthcare professional″ OR ″health care professionals″ OR ″health care professional″ OR ″health-care professionals″ OR ″health-care professional″ OR ″health professionals″ OR ″health care professional″ OR caregivers OR caregiver OR ″health care practitioners″ OR ″health care practitioner″ OR ″health-care practitioners″ OR ″health-care practitioner″ OR ″healthcare practitioners″ OR ″healthcare practitioner″ OR doctor OR doctor OR physician OR physicians OR nurse OR nurses OR nursing)
MEDLINE: 1,080 publications
(″barrier″[All Fields] OR ″barrier s″[All Fields] OR ″barriers″[All Fields] OR (″barrier″[All Fields] OR ″barrier s″[All Fields] OR ″barriers″[All Fields]) OR (″problem″[All Fields] OR ″problem s″[All Fields] OR ″problems″[All Fields]) OR (″problem″[All Fields] OR ″problem s″[All Fields] OR ″problems″[All Fields]) OR (″obstacle″[All Fields] OR ″obstacles″[All Fields]) OR (″obstacle″[All Fields] OR ″obstacles″[All Fields]) OR (″difficulties″[All Fields] OR ″difficulty″[All Fields]) OR (″difficulties″[All Fields] OR ″difficulty″[All Fields]) OR (″impediment″[All Fields] OR ″impediments″[All Fields]) OR (″impediment″[All Fields] OR ″impediments″[All Fields]) OR (″hurdle″[All Fields] OR ″hurdles″[All Fields]) OR (″hurdle″[All Fields] OR ″hurdles″[All Fields])) AND (″access″[All Fields] OR ″accessed″[All Fields] OR ″accesses″[All Fields] OR ″accessibilities″[All Fields] OR ″accessibility″[All Fields] OR ″accessible″[All Fields] OR ″accessing″[All Fields] OR (″access″[All Fields] OR ″accessed″[All Fields] OR ″accesses″[All Fields] OR ″accessibilities″[All Fields] OR ″accessibility″[All Fields] OR ″accessible″[All Fields] OR ″accessing″[All Fields]) OR (″access″[All Fields] OR ″accessed″[All Fields] OR ″accesses″[All Fields] OR ″accessibilities″[All Fields] OR ″accessibility″[All Fields] OR ″accessible″[All Fields] OR ″accessing″[All Fields])) AND (″therapeutics″[MeSH Terms] OR ″therapeutics″[All Fields] OR ″treatments″[All Fields] OR ″therapy″[MeSH Subheading] OR ″therapy″[All Fields] OR ″treatment″[All Fields] OR ″treatment s″[All Fields] OR (″therapeutics″[MeSH Terms] OR ″therapeutics″[All Fields] OR ″therapies″[All Fields] OR ″therapy″[MeSH Subheading] OR ″therapy″[All Fields] OR ″therapy s″[All Fields] OR ″therapys″[All Fields]) OR (″therapy″[MeSH Subheading] OR ″therapy″[All Fields] OR ″treat″[All Fields] OR ″treating″[All Fields] OR ″treated″[All Fields] OR ″treats″[All Fields]) OR (″diagnosable″[All Fields] OR ″diagnosi″[All Fields] OR ″diagnosis″[MeSH Terms] OR ″diagnosis″[All Fields] OR ″diagnose″[All Fields] OR ″diagnosed″[All Fields] OR ″diagnoses″[All Fields] OR ″diagnosing″[All Fields] OR ″diagnosis″[MeSH Subheading]) OR (″diagnosis″[MeSH Terms] OR ″diagnosis″[All Fields] OR ″diagnostic″[All Fields] OR ″diagnostical″[All Fields] OR ″diagnostically″[All Fields] OR ″diagnostics″[All Fields]) OR ″health services″[All Fields] OR ″health service″[All Fields] OR ″health system″[All Fields] OR ″health-care″[All Fields] OR ″health-care″[All Fields] OR ″health facility″[All Fields] OR ″health facilities″[All Fields]) AND (″tuberculosi″[All Fields] OR ″tuberculosis″[MeSH Terms] OR ″tuberculosis″[All Fields] OR ″tuberculoses″[All Fields] OR ″tuberculosis s″[All Fields] OR ″TB″[All Fields]) AND (″patient s″[All Fields] OR ″patients″[MeSH Terms] OR ″patients″[All Fields] OR ″patient″[All Fields] OR ″patients s″[All Fields] OR (″patient s″[All Fields] OR ″patients″[MeSH Terms] OR ″patients″[All Fields] OR ″patient″[All Fields] OR ″patients s″[All Fields]) OR (″ieee int conf automation sci eng case″[Journal] OR ″case phila″[Journal] OR ″case″[All Fields]) OR (″cases public health commun mark″[Journal] OR ″cases″[All Fields]) OR (″inpatient s″[All Fields] OR ″inpatients″[MeSH Terms] OR ″inpatients″[All Fields] OR ″inpatient″[All Fields]) OR (″inpatient s″[All Fields] OR ″inpatients″[MeSH Terms] OR ″inpatients″[All Fields] OR ″inpatient″[All Fields]) OR (″outpatient s″[All Fields] OR ″outpatients″[MeSH Terms] OR ″outpatients″[All Fields] OR ″outpatient″[All Fields]) OR (″outpatient s″[All Fields] OR ″outpatients″[MeSH Terms] OR ″outpatients″[All Fields] OR ″outpatient″[All Fields]) OR ″healthcare professionals″[All Fields] OR ″healthcare professional″[All Fields] OR ″health-care professionals″[All Fields] OR ″health-care professional″[All Fields] OR ″health-care professionals″[All Fields] OR ″health-care professional″[All Fields] OR ″health professionals″[All Fields] OR ″health-care professional″[All Fields] OR (″caregiver s″[All Fields] OR ″caregivers″[MeSH Terms] OR ″caregivers″[All Fields] OR ″caregiver″[All Fields] OR ″caregiving″[All Fields]) OR (″caregiver s″[All Fields] OR ″caregivers″[MeSH Terms] OR ″caregivers″[All Fields] OR ″caregiver″[All Fields] OR ″caregiving″[All Fields]) OR ″health-care practitioners″[All Fields] OR ″health-care practitioner″[All Fields] OR ″health-care practitioners″[All Fields] OR ″health-care practitioner″[All Fields] OR ″healthcare practitioners″[All Fields] OR ″healthcare practitioner″[All Fields] OR (″doctor s″[All Fields] OR ″doctoral″[All Fields] OR ″doctorally″[All Fields] OR ″doctorate″[All Fields] OR ″doctorates″[All Fields] OR ″doctoring″[All Fields] OR ″physicians″[MeSH Terms] OR ″physicians″[All Fields] OR ″doctor″[All Fields] OR ″doctors″[All Fields]) OR (″doctor s″[All Fields] OR ″doctoral″[All Fields] OR ″doctorally″[All Fields] OR ″doctorate″[All Fields] OR ″doctorates″[All Fields] OR ″doctoring″[All Fields] OR ″physicians″[MeSH Terms] OR ″physicians″[All Fields] OR ″doctor″[All Fields] OR ″doctors″[All Fields]) OR (″physician s″[All Fields] OR ″physicians″[MeSH Terms] OR ″physicians″[All Fields] OR ″physician″[All Fields] OR ″physicians s″[All Fields]) OR (″physician s″[All Fields] OR ″physicians″[MeSH Terms] OR ″physicians″[All Fields] OR ″physician″[All Fields] OR ″physicians s″[All Fields]) OR (″nurse s″[All Fields] OR ″nurses″[MeSH Terms] OR ″nurses″[All Fields] OR ″nurse″[All Fields] OR ″nurses s″[All Fields]) OR (″nurse s″[All Fields] OR ″nurses″[MeSH Terms] OR ″nurses″[All Fields] OR ″nurse″[All Fields] OR ″nurses s″[All Fields]) OR (″nursing″[MeSH Terms] OR ″nursing″[All Fields] OR ″nursings″[All Fields] OR ″nursing″[MeSH Subheading] OR ″nursing s″[All Fields]))
LILACS: 122 publications
(barriers OR barrier OR problems OR problem OR obstacles OR obstacle OR difficulties OR difficulty OR impediments OR impediment OR hurdles OR hurdle OR barreiras OR barreira OR problemas OR problema OR obstáculos OR obstáculo OR dificuldades OR dificuldade OR impedimentos OR impedimento OR barreras OR barrera OR dificultades OR dificultad OR impedimentos OR impedimento) AND (access OR accessibility OR accessing OR acesso OR acessibilidade OR acceso OR accesibilidad) AND (tuberculosis OR tb OR tuberculose) AND (patients OR patient OR case OR cases OR inpatients OR inpatient OR outpatients OR outpatient OR ″healthcare professionals″ OR ″healthcare professional″ OR ″health care professionals″ OR ″health care professional″ OR ″health-care professionals″ OR ″health-care professional″ OR ″health professionals″ OR ″health care professional″ OR caregivers OR caregiver OR ″health care practitioners″ OR ″health care practitioner″ OR ″health-care practitioners″ OR ″health-care practitioner″ OR ″healthcare practitioners″ OR ″healthcare practitioner″ OR doctor OR doctor OR physician OR physicians OR nurse OR nurses OR nursing OR pacientes OR paciente OR caso OR casos OR “profissionais de saúde” OR “profissional de saúde” OR médico OR médicos OR enfermeira OR enfermeiras OR enfermagem OR “profesionales de la salud” OR cuidadores OR cuidador OR médico OR médicos OR enfermeira OR enfermeiras OR enfermeiro OR enfermeiros OR enfermagem) AND (treatment OR therapy OR treat OR diagnosis OR diagnostic OR ″health services″ OR ″health service″ OR ″health system″ OR ″health care″ OR ″health-care″ OR ″health facility″ OR ″health facilities″ tratamento OR terapia OR tratamento OR terapia OR diagnóstico OR diagnóstico OR nfermeira OR ″serviços de saúde″ OR ″serviço de saúde″ OR ″cuidados de saúde″ OR ″cuidados de saúde″ OR ″estabelecimento de saúde″ OR ″instalações de saúde″ OR ″servicios de salud″ OR ″servicio de salud″ OR ″cuidado de la salud″ OR ″centro de salud″ OR ″establecimiento de salud″) AND (db:(″LILACS″))
Web of Science: 683 publications
Barriers OR barrier OR problems OR problem OR obstacles OR obstacle OR difficulties OR difficulty OR impediments OR impediment OR hurdles OR hurdle (Topic) and Access OR accessibility OR accessing (Topic) and treatment OR therapy OR treat OR diagnosis OR diagnostic OR ″health services″ OR ″health service″ OR ″health system″ OR ″health care″ OR ″health-care″ OR ″health facility″ OR ″health facilities″ (Topic) and Tuberculosis OR TB (Topic) and patients OR patient OR case OR cases OR inpatients OR inpatient OR outpatients OR outpatient OR ″healthcare professionals″ OR ″healthcare professional″ OR ″health care professionals″ OR ″health care professional″ OR ″health-care professionals″ OR ″health-care professional″ OR ″health professionals″ OR ″health care professional″ OR caregivers OR caregiver OR ″health care practitioners″ OR ″health care practitioner″ OR ″health-care practitioners″ OR ″health-care practitioner″ OR ″healthcare practitioners″ OR ″healthcare practitioner″ OR doctor OR doctor OR physician OR physicians OR nurse OR nurses OR nursing (Topic)

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