Table 1.
Database search strategy.
| Database | Search strategy | Number of results |
| Web of science | TS= (eHealth OR telehealth* OR telemedicine OR mHealth OR mobile health OR health IT OR health information technolog* OR health informat* OR digital health* OR digital health technolog* OR [ICT AND (health* OR healthcare settings OR healthcare delivery OR healthcare service*)] OR [technolog* AND (health* OR healthcare settings OR healthcare delivery OR healthcare service*)]) AND TS= inequit*. Time span=January 1, 1990, to December 31, 2020. | 910 |
| PubMed | (1990[Date—Publication]: 2020[Date—Publication]) AND (eHealth[Title/Abstract] OR telehealth*[Title/Abstract] OR telemedicine[Title/Abstract] OR mHealth[Title/Abstract] OR mobile health[Title/Abstract] OR health IT[Title/Abstract] OR health information technolog*[Title/Abstract] OR health informat*[Title/Abstract] OR digital health*[Title/Abstract] OR digital health technolog*[Title/Abstract] OR [ICT(Title/Abstract) AND (health*[Title/Abstract] OR health care settings[Title/Abstract] OR health care delivery[Title/Abstract] OR health care service*[Title/Abstract])] OR [technolog*(Title/Abstract) AND (health*[Title/Abstract] OR health care settings[Title/Abstract] OR health care delivery[Title/Abstract] OR health care service*[Title/Abstract])] OR [telemedicine(MeSH Terms)]) AND (inequit*[Title/Abstract]). | 566 |
| Scopus | (TITLE-ABS-KEY[eHealth] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[telehealth*] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[telemedicine] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[mHealth] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[mobile health] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[health IT] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[health information technolog*] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[health informat*] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[digital health*] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[digital health technolog*] OR [TITLE-ABS-KEY(ICT) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY[health*] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[healthcare settings] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[healthcare delivery] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[healthcare service*])] OR [TITLE-ABS-KEY(technolog*) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY[health*] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[healthcare settings] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[healthcare delivery] OR TITLE-ABS-KEY[healthcare service*])]) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(inequit*) AND PUBYEAR AFT 1989 AND PUBYEAR BEF 2021. | 849 |