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Hanneke R, Brunskill A. Searching for the social determinants of health: observations from evidence synthesis publications. Syst Rev 13, 134 (2024).
This paper reviews search strategies used in 64 evidence syntheses to identify search terms used and to create a quasi gold standard of relevant records against which future filters could be tested.
Database indexing changes over time and new vocabulary may be introduced. With older filters, please check the subject indexing to ensure that the subject indexing is still current and, if not, consider whether new vocabulary may need to be added to the filter. Please note that if filters are amended, the performance may change from that published in the original articles and the filter should be reported as amended from the original filter.
Prady SL, Uphoff EP, Power M, Golder S. Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: reducing the number needed to screen. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018;18(1):106 [Ovid]
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library. Filters for social determinants of health, economic stability, health disparities, inequalities in healthcare access.
Flinders University. Primary Health Care Research and Information Services.(Searches can be launched from the Flinders site)
Health services accessibility [PubMed]
Hosking J, Macmillan A, Jones R, Ameratunga S, Woodward A. Searching for health equity: validation of a search filter for ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in transport. Syst Rev. 2019;8(1):94. [Ovid]
Prady SL, Uphoff EP, Power M, Golder S. Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: reducing the number needed to screen. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018;18(1):106. [Ovid]