Table I.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Articles in the period of 2000-2016	Articles written before the year 2000
Articles that connected lean managementto health care	Articles that did not cover lean management in health care
Articles that were connected to leadership	Articles that were not connected to leadership
Articles that were connected to leadership attributes	Articles that were not connected to leadership attributes
English articles	Other languages than English