Table 1.

Search strategy.

Element	Alternatives
1. ‘End-of-life care’	Pallia* ‘Terminal care’
2. ‘Care home*’	‘Nursing home*’ ‘Residential home*’ ‘Long term care facili*’
3. ‘United Kingdom’	‘United Kingdom’ UK England ‘Great Britain’ GB Wales Scotland ‘Northern Ireland’
Boolean operators	1. ‘End of life care’ OR Pallia* OR ‘Terminal care’
	2. ‘Care home*’ OR ‘Nursing home*’ OR ‘Residential home*’ OR ‘Long term care facili*’
	3. ‘United Kingdom’ OR UK OR England OR ‘Great Britain’ OR GB OR Wales OR Scotland OR ‘Northern Ireland’

^*(Asterisk) represents any string of characters used in truncation.