Table A1.

Full search strategy.

Search Strategy Performed in Pubmed/Medline

((((((((((((((((((((((((Inappropriate prescribing [Title/Abstract])) OR (Appropriate Prescribing [Title/Abstract])) OR (high-risk medications [Title/Abstract])) OR (Suboptimal prescribing [Title/Abstract])) OR (Over-prescribing [Title/Abstract])) OR (Under-prescribing [Title/Abstract])) OR (Misprescribing [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Drug [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Drugs [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Medication [Title/Abstract])) OR (OR Inappropriate Medications [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Medicines [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Prescription [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Prescribing [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Prescriptions [Title/Abstract])) OR (Inappropriate Use [Title/Abstract])) OR (Medication Appropriateness [Title/Abstract])) OR (Pharmacological Inappropriateness [Title/Abstract])) OR (Potential Drug Therapy Problems [Title/Abstract])) OR (Potentially Harmful Medications [Title/Abstract])) OR (Prescribing Appropriateness [Title/Abstract])) AND (((((aged [MeSH Terms]) OR (Aged, 65 and over [MeSH Terms])) OR (elderly [Title/Abstract])) OR (older adult [Title/Abstract])) OR (older people [Title/Abstract]))) AND ((((((Cost [Title/Abstract]) OR (costs [Title/Abstract])) OR (cost analysis [Title/Abstract])) OR (cost analyses [Title/Abstract])) OR (cost evaluation [Title/Abstract])) OR (economic evaluation [Title/Abstract]))) AND ((((((Intervention [MeSH Terms]) OR (action [MeSH Terms])) OR (general practitioner [MeSH Terms])) OR (clinician [MeSH Terms])) OR (physician [MeSH Terms])) OR (patient [MeSH Terms]))

Search Strategy Performed in Embase

(‘inappropriate prescribing’:ab,ti OR ‘appropriate prescribing’:ab,ti OR ‘high-risk medications’:ab,ti OR ‘suboptimal prescribing’:ab,ti OR ‘over-prescribing’:ab,ti OR ‘under-prescribing’:ab,ti OR ‘misprescribing’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate drug’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate drugs’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate medication’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate medications’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate medicines’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate prescription’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate prescriptions’:ab,ti OR ‘inappropriate use’:ab,ti OR ‘medication appropriateness’:ab,ti OR ‘pharmacological inappropriateness’:ab,ti OR ‘potential drug therapy problems’:ab,ti OR ‘potentially harmful medications’:ab,ti OR ‘prescribing appropriateness’:ab,ti) AND (‘aged’/exp OR ‘aged 65 over’ OR ‘elderly’:ab,ti OR ‘older adult’:ab,ti) AND (‘cost’:ab,ti OR ‘costs’:ab,ti OR ‘cost analysis’:ab,ti OR ‘cost analyses’:ab,ti OR ‘cost evaluation’:ab,ti OR ‘economic evaluation’:ab,ti) AND (‘intervention’/exp OR ‘action’/exp OR ‘general practitioner’/exp OR ‘clinician’/exp OR ‘physician’/exp OR ‘patient’/exp) AND [embase]/lim