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. 2016 Dec 8;9:10.3402/gha.v9.32505. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.32505

Table 1.

Search termsa

Search terms
Outcome (access Diabetes:
 to diabetes diabetes mp. or exp diabetes mellitus/
 medication) diabetes complication mp.
glycemic index/ or glycemic control/ or glycemic.mp.
Access to medicationb:
pharmaceutical preparations.mp or exp drug/
pharmaceutical.mp or exp pharmacy/
medication.mp or exp drug therapy/
medication.mp or exp medication/
drug.mp
Exposure socioeconomic.mp or exp socioeconomics/
 (PROGRESS)c inequality.mp or exp social status/ or exp demography/
inequities.mp or exp health care disparity/
income.mp or exp lowest income group/ or exp income/ or exp employment status/
geographic exclusion.mp
poverty.mp
residence.mp
education.mp or exp education/
ethnic groups.mp or exp racial and ethnic groups/
migration.mp or exp human migration/
gender.mp
Population and coverage developing country.mp or *developing country/
(low- and middle- developing nation.mp
 income low income countr*.mp
 countries)c middle income countr*.mp
limited resources.mp
limited setting.mp
middle east.mp or exp middle east/
africa.mp or exp africa/
southeast asia/ or asia.mp. or asia/ or south asia/
latin america.mp or exp south and central america/
south america.mp
a

Search terms in Ovid. Complete syntax or search terms used in PubMed is attached as the Supplementary file.

b

Search terms were developed based on Wirtz et al. (20).

c

Search terms were developed based on Langlois et al. (21).