Health Services Research (HSR) Queries using Research Methodology Filters
Category |
Optimized For |
Broad/ Narrow |
PubMed Equivalent |
---|---|---|---|
appropriateness |
sensitive/broad |
100%/97% |
inappropriate[tiab] OR records[mh] |
specific/narrow |
60%/99.8% |
appropriateness[tiab] |
|
process assessment |
sensitive/broad |
98%/67% |
health services administration[mh] OR therapy[sh:noexp] OR adjusted[tiab] |
specific/narrow |
52%/93% |
practice*[tiab] OR adjusted[tiab] |
|
outcome assessment |
sensitive/broad |
96%/53% |
health services administration[mh] OR epidemiologic studies[mh] OR epidemiology[sh] |
specific/narrow |
51%/93% |
survival[tiab] OR mortality[mh] |
|
costs |
sensitive/broad |
96%/93% |
cost[tiab] OR costs[tiab] OR costs and cost analysis[mh] OR ec[sh] |
specific/narrow |
59%/99% |
cost effectiveness*[tiab] OR saves[tiab] OR savings[tiab] OR saved[tiab] OR saver[tiab] OR savers[tiab] OR save[ti] OR saving[ti] OR (save[tw] OR saving[tw]) AND (ec[sh] OR economic OR dollar* OR money OR cost OR costs OR costing OR socioeconomic OR inexpensive OR efficiency OR financ* OR treatment outcome) |
|
economics |
sensitive/broad |
100%/97% |
costs[tiab] OR cost effective[tiab] OR economic[tiab] |
specific/narrow |
74%/99% |
cost effective[tiab] OR sensitivity analys*[tiab] OR cost effectiveness[tiab] |
|
qualitative studies |
sensitive/broad |
95%/70% |
interview*[tiab] OR psychology[sh:noexp] OR health services administration[mh] |
specific/narrow |
61%/99% |
qualitative[tiab] OR themes[tiab] |
|
quality improvement studies |
sensitive/broad |
97.6%/53% |
health services administration[mh] OR randomized controlled trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials as topic[mh] OR random allocation[mh] OR random*[tiab] OR review[pt] OR compare*[tiab] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans [mh]) |
specific/narrow |
94.8%/95.7% |
randomized controlled trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials as topic[mh] OR controlled trial [tiab] OR controlled trials [tiab] OR control trial [tiab] OR control trials [tiab] OR journal [tiab] OR medline [tiab] OR randomized trial* [tiab] OR randomised trial* [tiab] OR random trial*[tiab] OR randomization trial* [tiab] NOT (animals[mh] NOT humans [mh]) |
Sensitive (broad) and specific (narrow) searches and approximate equivalent in the PubMed query language as recommended in Wilczynski NL et al and Wong SSL et al.
Last Reviewed: February 23, 2024