Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Criteria	Inclusion	Exclusion
Time period	2000–2016	Publications outside the inclusion period
Language	English	Materials not published in English
Literature type	Published peer-reviewed and grey literature	Clinical intervention or trial Unpublished data
Research questions	Identifies AHCs as a unit of analysis Addresses health equity concepts in relation to AHC activity/role	AHCs not a unit of analysis Study does not address health equity concepts in relation to AHC activity/role

AHCs, academic health centres.