Supplementary Table 1:Search log

Question: Advancing the integration of palliative care in the national health system

Reference management programme:

SEARCH 1: With systematic reviews and LMICs

Source / Date searched / Search strategy / Hits / Comments
Cochrane Library / 7th Feb 2012 / Palliative care services OR end of life care OR terminal care AND health care professionals OR palliative care providers OR community health workers OR children OR women OR prisoners OR armed forces OR mentally and physically challenged people OR refugees OR internally displaced persons OR elderly OR rural populations AND low and middle income countries / 2,177 / 2,177 reviews (selected 27). 16 duplicates. Finally selected 11
Pub Med-unrestricted / 7th Feb 2012 / Palliative care services OR end of life care OR terminal care AND health care professionals OR palliative care providers OR community health workers OR children OR women OR prisoners OR armed forces OR mentally and physically challenged people OR refugees OR internally displaced persons OR elderly OR rural populations AND Systematic reviews AND low and middle income countries / 77 / (selected 0)-no palliative care
Pub Med / 7th Feb 2012 / palliative care OR end of life care AND low and middle income countries / 26 / Selected 8
Books@Ovid-January 24, 2012 (Basic search) / Palliative care services OR end of life care OR terminal care AND health care professionals OR palliative care providers OR community health workers OR children OR women OR prisoners OR armed forces OR mentally and physically challenged people OR refugees OR internally displaced persons OR elderly OR rural populations AND Systematic reviews AND low and middle income countries / 1963 / Selected 9
Google Scholar-advanced search with all of the words / 28th Jan 2012 / Palliative care services OR end of life care AND health care professionals OR palliative care providers OR children OR prisoners OR armed forces OR mentally and physically challenged people AND Systematic reviews AND low and middle income countries / 1,130 / Selected 7
OpenGrey / 28th Jan2012 / Palliative care services OR end of life care OR terminal care AND health care professionals OR palliative care providers OR community health workers OR children OR women OR prisoners OR armed forces OR mentally and physically challenged people OR refugees OR internally displaced persons OR elderly OR rural populations AND Systematic reviews AND low and middle income countries / 145 / None selected-all european
PsycINFO 1806 to February Week 1 2012 / 11th Feb 2012 / Hongoro C, Dinat N. A Cost Analysis of a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Outreach Program: Implications for Expanding Public Sector Palliative Care in South Africa. Journal of pain and symptom management. 2011;41(6):1015-24.
(exp Palliative Care/
- Search terms used: palliative care) / 5502 / Selected 26

Selection Criteria

Types of Systematic Reviews/Studies

Systematic reviews and Studies with the following evaluation designs: Randomised controlled trials (RCT), quasi-randomised trials, controlled before-and-after (CBA) studies with at least two clusters in each comparison group, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies with at least three measurements before and after introducing the intervention. Qualitative reviews or studies, and other observational studies.

Other Data

Grey literature from unpublished reports, national data and statistics, government and non-governmental organisation reports

Types of participants

Health care professionals, palliative care providers, community health workers, children, women, prisoners, armed forces, mentally andphysically challenged people, refugees, internally displaced persons, elderly, rural populations from Low and Middle Income Countries.

Types of interventions

Palliative care services; End-of-Life care, Terminal Care

Types of outcome measures

Dying at home; Patient Satisfaction; Carer Burden; Morbidity, Mortality, Hospital length of stay

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