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Table 6 Use of equity filters in systematic reviews

From: Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: reducing the number needed to screen

 

Year of publication

2014

2015

2016

2017

All years

Systematic reviews identified, N

27

45

28

18

118

Systematic reviews that did not use an equity filter, n (%)

6 (22.2)

10 (22.2)

5 (17.9)

1 (5.5)

22 (18.6)