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Optimal search strategies for detecting health services research studies in MEDLINE

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Evidence from health services research (HSR) is currently thinly spread through many journals, making it difficult for health services researchers, managers and policy-makers to find research on clinical practice guidelines and the appropriateness, process, outcomes, cost and economics of health care services. We undertook to develop and test search terms to retrieve from the MEDLINE database HSR articles meeting minimum quality …

Authors

Wilczynski NL; Haynes RB; Lavis JN; Ramkissoonsingh R; Arnold-Oatley AE

Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 171, No. 10, pp. 1179–1185

Publisher

Joule

Publication Date

November 9, 2004

DOI

10.1503/cmaj.1040512

ISSN

0820-3946