Table 1 Search terms and number of articles found in PubMed Advanced search as of 10 March 2022
From: What improves access to primary healthcare services in rural communities? A systematic review
Searches | Search term | Items found |
|---|---|---|
01 | “Rural communities”[All Fields] | 8,220 |
02 | “Remote population”[All Fields] | 84 |
03 | “Hard to reach areas”[All Fields] | 203 |
04 | “Medically underserved population”[All Fields] | 8,394 |
05 | 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 | 16,648 |
06 | “Healthcare service”[All Fields] | 2,435 |
07 | “Primary healthcare”[All Fields] | 8,556 |
08 | “Essential health services”[All Fields] | 307 |
09 | “Basic health services”[All Fields] | 382 |
10 | “Health extension program”[All Fields] | 101 |
11 | “Community health program”[All Fields] | 225 |
12 | “Health post”[All Fields] | 582 |
13 | “Community health worker” [All Fields] | 1,576 |
14 | “Strategies to improve healthcare” [All Fields] | 24 |
15 | “Access to essential healthcare services” [All Fields] | 12 |
16 | “Access to basic healthcare services” [All Fields] | 7 |
17 | “Equity to healthcare services” [All Fields] | 30 |
18 | “Health financing” [All Fields] | 43 |
19 | “Primary healthcare service delivery” [All Fields] | 6 |
20 | “Population health management” [All Fields] | 51 |
21 | “Availability of effective PHC services” [All Fields] | 130 |
22 | “Effective service coverage” [All Fields] | 65 |
23 | “Strategies to tackle healthcare barriers” [All Fields] | 147 |
24 | “Strategies to improve healthcare system” [All Fields] | 36,735 |
25 | 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 | 66,124 |
26 | 5 and 25 | 914 |