Search terms
| Concept* | Relevant key words† |
|---|---|
| Healthcare decision-making | healthcare, health care, health services, health system, health care services, health care system |
| Decision making, research, planning, policy, reform, delivery, development, organizational change | |
| delivery of health care, health care reform, health care evaluation mechanisms, health care delivery, health care planning | |
| Public engagement | person-centred care, patient-centred care, patient and family centred care community-based participatory research |
| public, citizen, consumer, user, community, patient | |
| engagement, involvement, participation, empower, representation, collaboration |
*Concepts will be combined using the Boolean & Proximity operators AND or NEAR (as databases allow) and the search terms within each concept will be combined with OR or NEAR.
†Keywords will be searched using truncation and phrase symbols when appropriate to ensure precise and comprehensive results.
Keywords include author keywords and database subject headings (eg, MeSH).