Table 3.

Search strategies in PubMed and EMBASE

PubMed search	EMBASE search
claims data[Text WOrd] OR routine data[Text Word] OR insurance data[Text Word] OR administrative data[Text Word] OR administration data[Text Word] OR sickness funds data[Text Word] OR secondary data[Text Word]	(claims data OR routine data OR insurance data OR administrative data OR administration data OR sickness funds data OR secondary data).ti,ab,kw.
AND	AND
“Germany”[MeSH] OR German OR Germany	exp Germany/OR German OR Germany
AND	AND
“costs and cost analysis”[MeSH] OR cost[Text Word] OR costs[Text Word]	exp Health Economics/OR (cost or costs).ti,ab,kw.