Table 2.

Example of a search strategy

Database	Search #	Search term	Hits
OVID: Medline Keyword search	1.	“performance measurement”.mp. or performance measurement system/	962
	2.	“performance evaluation”.mp.	2992
	3.	“performance assessment”.mp.	1387
	4.	“performance monitoring”.mp.	717
	5.	“performance appraisal”.mp.	4449
	6.	OR/1-5	10214
	7.	“allied health”.mp.	13874
	8.	(“healthcare” or “health care”).mp. [mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier]	654805
	9.	OR/7-8	664947
	10.	6 AND 9	2106
	11.	Limit 10 to English and yr = “2000 - 2013”	1144
	12.	Minus duplicates	698