. 2020 Jun 16;70(697):e563–e572. doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X711749

Box 1.

Key terms used to index individual components in ‘other’ services to describe the types of services used by patients with HF in respective settings

Service and component	Index terms
Community
Nursing	nursing
Rehabilitation	rehab^a
Urgent	rapid, acute, urgent, emergency, A&E, unplanned, admit^a, hospital adm^a, inpatient, ambulance
Intermediate	intermediate, CIS
Cardiology	heart, cardi^a, stroke
Diabetes	diabet^a, endocri^a
Physio- or occupational therapy	occupation^a, physio^a
Podiatry	foot, pod^a
Respiratory	pulmon^a, respir^a, COPD, TB, tubercul^a, thorac^a
Neurology	musculo^a, MSK, neuro^a, parkinson^a
Urinary	genito^a, bladder, bowel, continenc^a, urinary
Speech language therapy	SLT, speech, language
Falls	falls
Diet and nutrition	diet, nutrition^a
Memory and cognition	memory, cognition
Home	home
Phone	phone
Unknown	(none of the above key terms)

Mental health
Outpatient	outpatient, day case
Community	community
Urgent	rapid, acute, urgent, emergency, A&E, unplanned
Specialist	special^a, nurs^a,^aist
Dementia	dementi^a, memory, cogni^a
Learning disability	learning
Eating disorder	eating, anorexi^a
Psychiatric	psy^a
Review	review^a
Consultation	consult^a
Treatment	treat^a
Assessment	assess^a
Unknown	(none of the above key terms)

Social care
Nursing	nursing
Rehabilitation	rehab^a
Urgent	rapid, acute, urgent, emergency, A&E, unplanned
Personal care	personal care, home care, day care, bathing, extra care, reable^a, care service
Food	food, meal
Domestic	domiciliary, domestic, housework, laundry, shopping, cleaning, washing
Transport	transfer, transport, migration, trip, mobil^a
Disability	dis’y, disabilit^a, disable^a
Occupational therapy	occupational therapy
Memory and cognition	dementia, memory, cognition
Assisted equipment technology	assistive tech^a, assisted equipment, equipment, technology
Nursing home	nursing home, residential home, residential care, care home
Mental health	mental, CMHT
Community	community
Social	social
Carer	carer
Housing and living	housing, living
Unknown	(none of the above key terms)^a

Superscript used as a wildcard character during key term search. When used, search returns results containing text preceding ^‘a’. A&E = accident and emergency. CIS = community independence service. CMHT = community mental health team. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. HF = heart failure. MSK = musculoskeletal. SLT = speech language therapy. TB = tuberculosis.