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. 2022 May 19;12(5):e059207. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059207

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria* Exclusion criteria

  1. Definition(s) of healthcare systems performance sustainability.

  2. Measurement of SPHS.

  3. Discussion and identification of the challenges involved in SPHS.

  4. Discussion or identification of ways in which to improve SPHS.

  5. Discussion of sustaining and scaling change in SPHS.

  1. Pertaining to sustainability relating to:

    1. Disaster management, pandemic or other emergency preparedness.

    2. Foreign aid or foreign investment.

    3. Workplace health and safety.

    4. Environmental sustainability.

  2. Of no relevance to the Australian context:

    1. Low-income countries.

    2. Healthcare systems in conflict zones.

    3. Specific to a country’s political situation.

  3. Does not otherwise deal with sustainability of ‘healthcare systems’ (eg, concerned with diagnosis or management of a single disease or programme or improvements in a single healthcare setting).

  4. Focuses on broad population healthcare initiatives rather than healthcare delivery systems (eg, vaccination programmes).

  5. Does not otherwise address the objectives of this review.

  6. High risk of bias or low quality.

*To be eligible for inclusion, articles needed to demonstrate one or more of the inclusion criteria.

SPHS, sustainable performance of healthcare systems.