Table 2 Keywords and query used to search PUBMED and SCOPUS
From: Assessing the hospital volume-outcome relationship in surgery: a scoping review
Database | Keywords and query |
|---|---|
PUBMED | Keywords: Volume, outcome, hospital, surgery, surgical, mortality, morbidity, cost Query: (“Volume-outcome” OR “Volume-mortality” OR (“hospital volume” AND (“outcome” OR “mortality” OR “morbidity” OR “cost”))) AND (“surgery” OR “surgical”) AND “hospital” NOT “surgeon”[TITLE] |
Scopus | Keywords: Volume, outcome, hospital, surgery, surgical, mortality, morbidity, cost Query: TITLE-ABS-KEY ((“Volume-outcome” OR “Volume-mortality” OR (“hospital volume” AND (“outcome” OR “mortality” OR “morbidity” OR “cost”))) AND “surgery” AND “hospital”) AND NOT TITLE(“surgeon”) AND (LIMIT-TO (PUBSTAGE, “final”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(DOCTYPE, “ar”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) |