Table 3 Example of search strategy for MEDLINE (OVID SP) up to week 2 of January 2013
From: Medical device procurement in low- and middle-income settings: protocol for a systematic review
No. | Search strategy |
|---|---|
1. | device.mp. or exp “Equipment and Supplies”/ |
2. | (device* or equipment* or suppl*).mp. [mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept, rare disease supplementary concept, unique identifier] |
3. | exp Technology, Radiologic/ or exp Technology Assessment, Biomedical/ or exp Fiber Optic Technology/ or exp Educational Technology/ or exp Biomedical Technology/ or technology.mp. or exp “United States Office of Technology Assessment”/ or exp Technology/ or exp Food Technology/ or exp Technology, High-Cost/ or exp Technology Transfer/ or exp “National Center for Health Care Technology (U.S.)”/ or exp Wireless Technology/ or exp Technology, Dental/ or exp Green Chemistry Technology/ or exp Technology, Pharmaceutical/ or exp Remote Sensing Technology/ |
4. | 1 or 2 or 3 |
5. | (procure* or purchas* or acqui* or commission* or buy*or order*).mp. [mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept, rare disease supplementary concept, unique identifier] |
6. | (countr* adj2 (income or poor or poverty or develop* or resource or low* or mid*)).mp. [mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept, rare disease supplementary concept, unique identifier] |
7. | (third adj2 world).mp. [mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept, rare disease supplementary concept, unique identifier] |
8. | (emerging adj2 (econom* or market*)).mp. [mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept, rare disease supplementary concept, unique identifier] |
9. | developing country.mp. or exp Developing Countries/ |
10. | 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 |
11. | 4 and 5 and 10 |