Table 1.

Example search strategy

Ovid MEDLINE 1. exp. Nursing Homes/ 2. exp. Homes for the Aged/ 3. “care home*”.ti. 4. “nursing home*”.ti. 5. “nursing facilit*”.ti. 6. “residential home*”.ti. 7. “residential care”.ti. 8. “residential long term care”.ti. 9. “institutionali?ed”.ti. 10. “institutional* residen*”.ti. 11. “institutional* care*”.ti. 12. (“long term” adj1 “care facilit*”).ti. 13. (“long term” adj1 “care residen*”).ti. 14. (“long term” adj1 “care institution*”).ti. 15. (“long term” adj1 “institution* care*”).ti. 16. (“institution*” adj1 “long term care*”).ti. 17. “survival”.ti,ab. 18. “mortality”.ti,ab. 19. “death”.ti,ab. 20. “length” adj1 “stay”.ti,ab. 21. “life” adj1 “expectanc*”.ti,ab. 22. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 23. 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 24. 22 and 23