TableĀ 1

MEDLINE search strategy

1Hospitalization/
2Patient admission/
3Patient readmission/
4(admission? or admitted or readmission? or re-admission? or readmitted or re-admitted or hospitali* or rehospitali* or re-hospitali*).ti,ab.
51 or 2 or 3 or 4
6Cochrane database of systematic reviews.jn. or search.tw. or meta-analysis.pt. or Medline.tw. or systematic review.tw.
75 and 6