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. 2014 Jan 4;3:4. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-4

Table 1.

Search strategy Ovid MEDLINE(R)

  Advanced search
1
Patient-centred care/
2
Exp *quality indicators, health care/
3
is.fs.
4
*“Process assessment (health care)”/
5
*“Health care surveys”/is (instrumentation)
6
Patient-reported.mp.
7
*“Questionnaires”/st (standards)
8
Quality of care.mp.
9
Health care surveys/ or questionnaires/
10
Patient experience.mp.
11
*“Outcome assessment (health care)”/
12
*“Inpatients”/
13
is.fs. or measure*.mp. or validation.mp.
14
Inpatients/
15
Secondary care/
16
Hospital*.mp.
17
(Acute adj (service* or care or setting*)).mp.
18
(Patient* adj3 experience*).mp.
19
(Quality* adj3 (care or healthcare)).mp.
20
1 or 10 or 18
21
14 or 15 or 16 or 17
22
5 or 13
23
20 and 21 and 22
24
2 or 8 or 19
25
23 and 24
26
(Patient* adj2 (perspective* or opinion* or experience*)).mp.
27 25 and 26

Footnote for Table 1: An asterisk (*) represents the most significant concept in Medical Subject Headings within MEDLINE. The slash (/) is used to describe more completely an aspect of a subject. A major topic asterisk before a subheading (/) indicates that that major concept and subheading are associated.