Table 2.

Sample search terms and search strategy

Stroke	Rehabilitation	Follow-up care	Germany
Key words	Key words	Key words	Key words
[1] cerebrovascular disorders/ or exp. basal ganglia cerebrovascular disease/ or exp. brain ischemia/ or exp. carotid artery diseases/ or exp. intracranial arterial diseases/ or exp. intracranial embolism and thrombosis/ or exp. intracranial hemorrhages/ or stroke/ or exp. brain infarction/ or exp. vertebral artery dissection/ [2] (stroke or cerebrovasc$ or brain vasc$ or cerebral vasc$ or cva$ or apoplex$).tw. [3] ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or vertebrobasilar or hemispher$ or intracran$ or intracerebral or infratentorial or supratentorial or MCA or anterior circulation or posterior circulation or basal ganglia) adj5 (isch?emi$ or infarct$ or thrombo$ or emboli$)).tw. [4] ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracerebral or intracran$ or parenchymal or intraventricular or infratentorial or supratentorial or basal gangli$) adj5 (haemorrhage$ or hemorrhage$ or haematoma$ or hematoma$ or bleed$)).tw	[1] rehabilitation* [2] exp. Rehabilitation/ [3] exp. Rehabilitation Centers/ [4] rehabilitat*.ab,ti. [5] exp. Delivery of Health Care/ [6] exp. neurological rehabilitation/	[1] exp. follow up care or aftercare or post stroke care or post rehabilitation support or aftertreatment [2] exp. early supported discharge or post discharge* or exp. outpatient aftercare or Patient Discharge/ or Progressive Patient Care/ [3] home care services/ or home care services, hospital-based/ or home nursing/ [4] (early supported discharge or ESD).tw. [5] ((early or earlier or prompt or accelerate$ or acute or subacute or supported) adj5 discharg$).tw. [6] ((organi?ed. or multidisciplinary) adj5 discharge adj5 team$).tw. [7] ((early or earlier or prompt or accelerate$ or supported) adj5 return$ adj2 home$).tw [8] (hospital$ adj3 home$).tw. [9] hospital rehabilitation unit$.tw. [10] (rehabilitation adj3 home$).tw. [11] (intensive adj2 home adj5 (rehabilitation or support$)).tw. [12] (mobile adj2 team$).tw. [13] organi?ed. home care.tw. [14] ((extended stroke unit adj3 (service$ or care)) or ESUS). tw. [15] ((post-discharge or home rehabilitation) adj5 (support$ or care)).tw. [16] ((early or earlier or acute or subacute or post-discharge) adj5 (community or domiciliary or primary care or home or home-based) adj5 (rehabilitation or support$ or care)).tw.	[1] Germany [2] german* [3] deutsch* [4] deutsch[tt]

Alterations in truncations/ wildcards were possible according to the databases