Table 1.

Search terms in abstract, keywords, and title (simplified)

Intervention: private hospital OR privatization OR public‐private hospital, OR hospital ownership OR for‐profit hospital

Outcome: efficiency OR health care quality OR health care accessibility OR hospital admission OR patient admission OR health care delivery OR affordability OR health care utilization OR health care availability

AND NOT: job satisfaction OR Medicare in keywords (for <2008, United States in Keywords)

Limitations: Journal articles in English after 2000