Erratum
Upon publication of the original article [1], it was noticed that on page 3 in Fig. 1, the textbox appearing with the word “methodological” should read “Identification”. This has now been acknowledged and corrected in this erratum. This has now been incorporated in the new Fig. 1 shown below.
Fig. 1.
A detailed flow chart summarising the selection and identification process of eligible articles
Footnotes
The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2137-z.
Reference
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