From: The macro-economic determinants of health and health inequalities—umbrella review protocol
Review characteristics | Results of review |
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• Key economic determinants identified and their conceptual synonyms • Economic characteristic, strategy, policy or intervention? • Outcomes used • Population • Setting • Number of studies included in review • Number of databases searched and disciplines • Was grey literature searched or citation follow-up carried out? • Types of studies included • Synthesis methods—narrative/meta-analysis/realist/etc. • Time/language restriction | • Main results and strength of findings including variations by gender, ethnicity or socio-economic status • Quality of underlying evidence: risk of bias and confounding, consistency across multiple settings. • Proposed mechanistic pathways • Clear evidence gaps identified • Key contextual factors (e.g. political/social/historical) |