Table 1.
Key Search Terms and Results
| Database | Search date | Primary search terms | Secondary search terms | Initial results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PubMed | March 5, 2018 | “health status disparities”[mesh] or health status disparities[tiab] or “healthcare disparities”[mesh] or healthcare disparities[tiab] or health disparity[tiab] or health disparities[tiab] or “minority health”[mesh] or minority health[tiab] |
“physicians, women”[mesh] or “dentists, women”[mesh] or women physicians[tiab] or women dentists[tiab] or women in medicine[tiab] or woman physician[tiab] or woman dentist[tiab] or woman doctor[tiab] or woman dentist[tiab] or female doctor[tiab] or female dentist[tiab] or female doctors[tiab] or female dentists[tiab] or minority physicians[tiab] or minority physician[tiab] or hispanic physicians[tiab] or african physician[tiab] or african physicians[tiab] or african american physician[tiab] or african american physicians[tiab] or black physician[tiab] or black physicians[tiab] or native american physicians[tiab] |
50 |
| PubMed | March 5, 2018 | “practice patterns, physicians”[mesh] or practice patterns[tiab] |
“physicians, women”[mesh] or “dentists, women”[mesh] or women physicians[tiab] or women dentists[tiab] or women in medicine[tiab] or woman physician[tiab] or woman dentist[tiab] or woman doctor[tiab] or woman dentist[tiab] or female doctor[tiab] or female dentist[tiab] or female doctors[tiab] or female dentists[tiab] or minority physicians[tiab] or minority physician[tiab] or hispanic physicians[tiab] or african physician[tiab] or african physicians[tiab] or african american physician[tiab] or african american physicians[tiab] or black physician[tiab] or black physicians[tiab] or native american physicians[tiab] |
302 |
| Cochrane Library | March 5, 2018 | “healthcare disparities” | “physicians, women” | 1 |
| EMBASE | March 5, 2018 | “health disparity”/exp or “health disparity” or “health disparities” or “minority health” or “health status disparity”’ or “health status disparities” or “health status disparity” or “healthcare disparities” or “healthcare disparity” |
“female physician”/exp or “female physician” or “female physicians” or “woman physician” or “women physicians” or “minority physician” or “black physician” or “black physicians” or “black doctor” or “black doctors” or “african american physician” or “african american physicians” or “hispanic doctor” or “hispanic doctors” or “hispanic physician” or “hispanic physicians” or “female dentist” or “female dentists”’ or “woman dentist” or “women dentists” and ([embase]/lim not [embase]/lim and [medline]/lim) |
9 |
| EMBASE | March 5, 2018 | “clinical practice”/exp or “clinical practice” |
“female physician”/exp or “female physician” or “female physicians” or “woman physician” or “women physicians” or “minority physician” or “black physician” or “black physicians” or “black doctor” or “black doctors” or “african american physician” or “african american physicians” or “hispanic doctor” or “hispanic doctors” or “hispanic physician” or “hispanic physicians” or “female dentist” or “female dentists” or “woman dentist” or “women dentists” and ([embase]/lim not [embase]/lim and [medline]/lim |
49 |
| Web of Knowledge | March 5, 2018 | “health status disparities” or “healthcare disparities” or “health disparity” or “health disparities” or “minority health” |
“women physicians” or “women dentists” or “women in medicine” or “woman physician” or “woman dentist” or “woman doctor” or “woman dentists” or “female doctor” or “female dentist” or “female doctors” or “female dentists” or “minority physicians” or “minority physician” or “hispanic physicians” or “african physician” or “african physicians” or “african american physician” or “african american physicians” or “black physician” or “black physicians” or “native american physicians” |
35 |
| Web of Knowledge | March 5, 2018 | “physician practice patterns” or “practice patterns” |
“women physicians” or “women dentists” or “women in medicine” or “woman physician” or “woman dentist” or “woman doctor” or “woman dentists” or “female doctor” or “female dentist” or “female doctors” or “female dentists” or “minority physicians” or “minority physician” or “hispanic physicians” or “african physician” or “african physicians” or “african american physician” or “african american physicians” or “black physician” or “black physicians” or “native american physicians” |
39 |
| EBSCO Discovery Service | women n3 physicians | “healthcare disparities” | Librarian selected 13 from 5140 results |
[mesh], search for keywords among; [tiab], search for keywords in title and abstract; /exp, search for keywords among lower levels of the topic hierarchy; and [embase]/lim and [embase]/lim not [embase]/lim, search for articles containing keywords in EMBASE that are not also in Medline; N3, search for keywords within three words of each other.