Table 2.

Search strings.

Strings	Database
((“health literacy” AND implementation) OR (“Health Literacy/nursing”[Mesh] OR “Health Literacy/organization and administration”[Mesh] OR “Health Literacy/utilization”[Mesh]) OR “health literate” OR (“health literacy” AND (organizat * OR organisat *)) AND (“hospitals”[MeSH Terms] OR “hospitals”[All Fields] OR “hospital”[All Fields] OR hospital * OR “health facility *” OR “Health Facilities”[Mesh])	Pubmed
((“health literacy” AND implementation) OR (“Health Literacy” AND nursing) OR ((“Health Literacy” OR “health literate”) AND (organizat * OR administrat * OR utilizat *))) AND (hospital * OR “health facility *”)	WoS, Cinahl, Scopus, Psycinfo
“health literacy” OR “health literate”	Sociological Abstract